Insanity and Divinity
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Insanity and Divinity

Liam Clarke Teaching fellow, University of Brighton

I IMAGINE that insanity conceived in any sense as divine will challenge conceptions of psychiatry that focus on scientific principles and medically dominated research. The eleven papers presented here address spirituality and psychosis (from both Western and Eastern traditions) working through possible connections and touching on such matters as psychoanalysis (Jung and Freud), religious madness and tantric ascetics.

Mental Health Practice. 17, 9, 10-10. doi: 10.7748/mhp.17.9.10.s10

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