The following diagnoses were accepted at the annual meeting in Chicago.
New Diagnosis: Readiness for Enhanced Spiritual Well-Being
Definition
Ability to experience and integrate meaning and purpose in life through a person's connectedness with self, others art, music, literature, nature, or a power greater than oneself
Defining Characteristics
* Connections to self
* Desire for enhanced hope
* Meaning and purpose in life
* Peace/serenity acceptance
* Surrender love
* Forgiveness of self
* Satisfying philosophy of life
* Joy
* Courage
* Heightened coping
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