The Concept of Spiritual Emergency : The Limits and Potentialities of Its Application in the Mental Health Care System
Abstract
The article addresses the limits and potentialities of the spiritual emergency concept in the context of mental health care. Firstly, a critical analysis of the transpersonalist conception of spiritual emergency is introduced which is followed by outlining the possibilities of its further use.
The article points out that the category is ideologically loaded and that there are problems with its definition. The paper stresses the need for making the category free from its ideological load.
It further argues that presenting the concept also as a complementary, not only alternative, explanatory framework will contribute to its better implementation. A complementary framework is not at odds with a psychiatric framework and is therefore more convenient for mental health care.