From Mental Health Crisis to Existential Human Suffering
The Role of Self-Transcendence in Contemporary Mindfulness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3317865 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Renata Cueto De Souza (0000-0003-0086-993X, Simon Fraser University, corresponding author), Charles Scott (0000-0002-5963-5663, Simon Fraser University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 681 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel13080681 |
| OpenAlex | W4288069282 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 49 |
Our paper addresses the so-called college mental health crisis and the adoption of the strategy of mindfulness-based interventions. We offer a critique of their underlying medical-therapeutic paradigm by engaging the notion of self-transcendence in Viktor Frankl's Existential Analysis and Buddhism in dialogue. We argue that the current mindfulness movement has decontextualized and appropriated mindfulness from its Buddhist foundations in favor of a model that offers objectively verifiable biophysical and mental benefits. Self-transcendence, whether from the perspective of Buddhism or Frankl's work, offers what we feel is an existentially viable path forward for college students, in lieu of the current paradigm promoted by those advocating use of these mindfulness-based interventions. We conclude by considering Existential and Buddhist notions of self-transcendence in dialogue, suggesting they offer an educational practice worthy of implementation
Alternative medicine · Buddhism · Epistemology · Existentialism · Meditation · Mental health · Mindfulness · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Psychotherapist · Self · Self-transcendence · Spirituality · Computer Science · Empathy and Medical Education · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |