{"product_id":"psychosis-psychiatry-and-psychospiritual-considerations-brian-spittles-9781801520157","title":"Psychosis, Psychiatry and Psychospiritual Considerations: Engaging and Better Understanding the Madness and Spiritual Emergence Nexus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA phenomenological and spiritual investigation of anomalous mental experiences.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom a psychiatric perspective, psychosis is generally viewed as a psychopathological and often incomprehensible mental disorder of biological cause. In his book, Brian Spittles argues that this represents a rather limited view, and that a psychospiritual investigation of psychosis may enable a better understanding of its nature and determinants. His aim is not to negate the discipline of psychiatry, but to demonstrate the viability and efficacy of incorporating psychospiritual considerations into psychosis research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWithin these pages, Spittles challenges several core psychiatric beliefs, and calls for the discipline to extend its investigative parameters beyond the limited epistemological bounds of materialism. The book uses an open-ended heuristic approach that enables the systematic examination and critical appraisal of views on psychosis across the materialist-to-metaphysical spectrum. This is structured in four 'Focal Settings' that sequentially examine the construal of psychosis within different paradigms of psychospiritual understanding, which provide a historical overview of evolving understandings of psychosis within the tradition of psychiatry, in which psychospiritual matters are generally not considered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Spittles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1801520151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781801520157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aeon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.80w x 0.90d","brand":"Brian Spittles","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074893738239,"sku":"9781801520157","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2192b113-87b9-4f21-ba8c-70f1afac486a.jpg?v=1685456391","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/psychosis-psychiatry-and-psychospiritual-considerations-brian-spittles-9781801520157","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}