Introduction * 1. Introduction and Definition of Transpersonal Psychiatry Bruce W. Scotton * The Emergence of Transpersonal Psychiatry Allan B. Chinen Theory And Research * Western Psychiatry and Psychology * William James and Transpersonal Psychiatry Eugene Taylor * Freuds Influence on Transpersonal Psychology Mark Epstein * The Contribution of C. G. Jung to Transpersonal Psychiatry Bruce W. Scotton * Abraham Maslow and Roberto Assagioli: Pioneers of Transpersonal Psychiatry John R. Battista * The Worldview of Ken Wilber Roger Walsh and Frances Vaughan * The Consciousness Research of Stanislav Grof Richard Yensen and Donna Dryer * Consciousness, Information Theory, and Transpersonal Psychiatry John R. Battista CrossCultural Roots. * Shamanism and Healing Roger Walsh * The Contribution of Hinduism and Yoga to Transpersonal Psychiatry Bruce W. Scotton and J. Fred Hiatt * The Contribution of Buddhism to Transpersonal Psychiatry Bruce W. Scotton * Kabbalah and Transpersonal Psychiatry Zalmon M. Schachter-Shalomi * Transpersonal Psychology: Roots in Christian Mysticism Dwight H. Judy * Native North American Healers Donald Sandner * Aging and Adult Spiritual Development: A Transpersonal View of the Life Cycle Through Fairy Tales Allan B. Chinen Research on Altered States of Consciousness. * Meditation Research: The State of the Art Roger Walsh * Psychedelics and Transpersonal Psychology Gary Bravo and Charles Grob * Parapsychology and Transpersonal Psychology Charles T. Tart Other Western Academic Disciplines. * Contemporary Physics and Transpersonal Psychiatry John R. Battista * The Contribution of Anthropology to Transpersonal Psychiatry Larry G. Peters * Western Analytical Philosophy and Transpersonal Epistemology Allan B. Chinen Clinical Practice * Diagnosis * Diagnosis: A Transpersonal Clinical Approach to Religious and Spiritual Problems David Lukoff, Francis G. Lu, and Robert Turner * Offensive Spirituality and Spiritual Defenses John R. Battista * The Phenomenology and Treatment of Kundalini Bruce W. Scotton Transpersonal Psychotherapy. * Transpersonal Psychotherapy with Psychotic Disorders and Spiritual Emergencies With Psychotic Features David Lukoff * Transpersonal Techniques and Psychotherapy Seymour Boorstein * Transpersonal Psychotherapy With Religious Persons Dwight H. Judy * The Near-Death Experience as a Transpersonal Crisis Bruce Greyson * Treating Former Members of Cults Arthur J. Deikman Psychopharmacology. * Psychopharmacology and Transpersonal Psychology Bruce S. Victor * Psychedelic Psychotherapy Gary Bravo and Charles Grob Special Techniques. * Clinical Aspects of Meditation Sylvia Boorstein * Guided-Imagery Therapy William W. Foote * Breathwork: Theory and Technique Kathryn J. Lee and Patricia L. Speier * Past-Life Therapy Ronald W. Jue Ethics And Professional Development * Transpersonal Psychiatry in Psychiatry Residency Training Programs Francis G. Lu * Toward a Psychiatry of Human and Ecological Survival: Psychological Approaches to Contemporary Global Threats Roger Walsh Conclusion * Integration and Conclusion Bruce W. Scotton, Allan B. Chinen, and John R. Battista * An Annotated Guide to the Transpersonal Literature John R. Battista