Reasons to Value Spiritual Experiences in Mental Health

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  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_ZL-axoqKU Expert Summary: How Spiritual Experiences Fit into Mental Health May 17, 2025.  Alexander Moreira-Almeida, MD, PhD, gives his hourlong acceptance speech for the Oskar Pfister Award at the American Psychiatric Association’s Annual Conference. Dr. M-A is a prolific researcher, who has also written many published articles and books on the subject of spirituality,
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APA Recognizes Spirituality

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Spiritual Experiences Gain Mainstream Recognition with Prestigious Psychiatry Award   … Alexander Moreira-Almeida, MD, has been awarded the 2025 Oskar Pfister Award by the American Psychiatric Association (APA). This prestigious award recognizes his exceptional contributions to the scientific study of spiritual experiences and their profound implications for our understanding of consciousness and the survival of consciousness
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Francis Lu, Psychiatrist: Adding Spirit to Psychiatry

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  Francis Lu, Psychiatrist: On Recognizing Spiritual Issues in Psychiatry An essay Francis Lu wrote with two scolleagues to the APA’s editorial board for the DSM-IV  was instrumental in creating the first category in the DSM, called Spiritual or Religious Problem.  This category is not a name for a pathology–instead it simply names issues that
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