Spiritual neglect

Contends that American psychiatry is in a predicament because of its traditional neglect of the issue of spirituality. More; Excerpted from 'Further Along the Road Less Traveled: The Unending Journey Toward Spiritual Growth,' by M. Scott Peck.

By PT Staff, published on November 01, 1993

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'American psychiatry is, I believe, currently in a predicament. I callit a predicament because its traditional neglect of the issue of spirituality has led to five broad areas of failure: occasional, devastating misdiagnosis; not infrequent mistreatment; an increasingly poor, reputation; inadequate research and theory; and a limitation of psychiatrists' own personal development."

From Further Along the Road Less Traveled: The Unending Journey Toward Spiritual Growth by M. Scott Peck (Simon & Schuster; 1993).