PSICOSE E ESPIRITUALIDADE: CUIDADOS PARA ALÉM DA MEDICAÇÃO

Abstract

The present article intends to investigate the field of psychosis and its relation to phenomena related to spirituality. Through the history of psychiatry, madness was stripped from its spiritual dimension with the scientific compreehension of phenomena. By the otherside, the medical nosography also operated a reduction of the phenomena only to a descriptive dimension. The authors developed a theoretical narrative revision about the themes of spirituality, spiritual emergency, renewal process, psychosis and the treatments beyond medication. The literature review indicate that psychotic crisis do not necessarily indicate a development of schizophrenia and that this crisis can also carry a transformative potential. Thus, it is discussed how that the religious dimension can be approached in an ethical psychological session and its importance on dealing with a psychotic crisis. ABSTRACT