A motivational read for anyone in the helping professions seeking to develop a spiritually aware practice, this guidebook shows professionals how to think critically while being open to religious and spiritual ideas. Especially in the time of distress, crisis, and illness, spirituality can be of monumental importance as a universal human observation, and with professionals and teachers from the varied fields of the helping professions testifying as tohow they integrated spirituality into their work, this resource highlights the advantages of incorporating ecumenical approachs to work. "

People with mental disorders often suffer the worst conditions of life - a problem exacerbated by social stigma. In practice, the international community still tends to prioritise human rights in a manner that largely ignores mental health, which in turn remains in the shadow of physical-health programs. In recent decades mental health and human rights have come to the fore as areas of practice, inquiry, national policy-making and shared international concern. Mental health now enjoys a new dignity in scholarship, international discussions and programs, mass-media coverage and political...