heya. i started a thread in general entitled 'toxic psychiatry' that you guys might be interested in. it is a book that has been written by a psychiatrist who considers mental disorders to be 'psycho-spiritual crises'. he maintains that the experiences of people with mental illness often seem to have to do with trying to figure out meaning. meaning of life, meaning of events, meaning of suffering etc. he thinks that delusions / hallucination / mania / depression etc is part of the body prompting one to notice that there is a 'psycho-spiritual crisis'.