Two Books Re: Adding Spirituality to Mental Healthcare

Dr. Powell

Many health problems arise from emotional and spiritual suffering and need to be addressed at a deeper level than technology and medications. Research findings and clinical experience increasingly reveal that spiritual factors have a significant part to play in recovery from illness. Dr. Andrew Powell, a UK psychiatrist, has been deeply engaged in integrating spirituality into mental healthcare. His two most recent books on this topic are compelling, articulate, and inspiring.

Powell, Andrew (2019). The Ways of the Soul: A Psychiatrist Reflects: Essays on Life, Death and Beyond. UK: Aeon Books. Powell, Andrew (2018). Conversations with the Soul: A Psychiatrist Reflects - Essays on Life, Death and Beyond. UK: Aeon Books.

Dr. Powell and the Janki Foundation

Dr. Powell is Founding Chair of the Spirituality and Psychiatry Special Interest Group of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK. He is also a scientific and medical advisor to the Janki Foundation, which supports a healthcare model that combines the best of modern medicine with complementary approaches and spirituality at the Global Hospital and Research Centre in Mt Abu, India.

Readers might be interested in 6 interviews on the topic of “Why It’s Urgent to Support Awakening” at IMHU. Click HERE.