Could substance abuse be viewed as a spiritual quest? Could a spiritual vacuum underlie personality disorders?
Psychiatrists propose these bold concepts at APA’s 2006 annual meeting. , Many people psychiatrists and others believe that psychiatry has not been religion friendly. After all, Freud was an avowed atheist, and only about one-third of American psychiatrists say they carry religious beliefs into their everyday lives, according to a study cited at APA’s 2006 annual meeting in the symposium “A Research Agenda for DSM-V Concerning Religious and Spiritual Issues in the Diagnostic Process.
