Abstract
Contemporary psychiatry has become increasingly focused on biological treatments. Many critics claim that the current paradigm of psychiatry has failed to address the escalating mental health-care needs of our communities and may even be contributing to psychopathology and the burden of mental illness. This article describes the foundations of Integral Theory and proposes that this model offers a framework for developing integral psychiatry and a more effective and compassionate mental health-care system. An integral model of psychiatry extends biopsychosocial approaches and provides the scaffolding for more effective approaches to integrative mental health care. Furthermore, rather than focusing on psychopathology, the Integral theory model describes the emergence of human consciousness and supports a mental health-care system that addresses mental illness but also promotes human flourishing.
Highlights
There has never been a period in human history when so many diverse perspectives have demanded expression on the local and world stage
Integral mental health care values the importance of the biomedical model and recognizes that it is not sufficient to understanding and supporting human flourishing
It provides a template for the development of a more effective and compassionate integrative approach to mental health care that is vital to navigating the challenges manifesting in the early 21st century
Summary
There has never been a period in human history when so many diverse perspectives have demanded expression on the local and world stage. This escalating complexity is not limited to political systems and is manifesting in all areas of human endeavor including health care In concert with these diverse perspectives, medical science is unleashing staggering new treatments that raise multiple ethical challenges. This definition is somewhat helpful in describing the operational characteristics of integrative medicine and does have some heuristic value It fails to address the key challenge facing any “integrative team,” that is, “what is your perspective, what is my perspective, and do they relate to one another.”. Maslow coined the term “positive psychology” and highlighted the importance of recognizing and supporting each person’s drive toward their innate potential In this way, he was an intellectual progenitor to Integral theory. Not on the level of details—that is finitely impossible; but on the level of orienting generalizations: a way to suggest that the world really is one, undivided, whole, and related to itself in every way: a holistic philosophy for a holistic Kosmos, a plausible Theory of Everything.[17]
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