Typology of Religious
Problems
The original proposal submitted
to the Task Force on DSM-IV and published in the Journal
of Nervous and Mental Disease included four types
of religious problems that were identified through literature
searches and surveys:
 loss
or questioning of faith
change
in denominational membership
conversion to
a new faith
intensification
of adherence to religious practices and orthodoxy
In the final defintion of Religious or Spiritual Problem
published in the DSM-IV, only two of the four
types were included:
loss
or questioning of faith
conversion
to a new faith
V62.89: This category can be used when the focus of
clinical attention is a religious or spiritual problem.
Examples include distressing experiences that involve loss
or questioning of faith, problems associated with conversion
to a new faith, or questioning of other spiritual
values which may not necessarily be related to an organized
church or religious institution. (American Psychiatric
Association, 1994, p. 685)
In this course, the typology of Religious and Spiritual
Problems has been updated to reflect new findings. Included
in Lesson 2 are fourtypes of religious problems:
Loss
or questioning of faith
Changes
in membership, practices and beliefs (including conversion)
New Religious
Movements and cults
Life-treatening
and terminal illness
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