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Spiritual emergence is a personal realization of a reality beyond ego reality, and, ultimately, one's unity with all things. The outcome of a spiritual experience may be gradual spiritual emergence or problems related to spiritual emergency. When the individual with spiritual problems is given an appropriate conceptual framework and community support, spiritual emergence is made more likely.

When a person with spiritual problems is perceived as out of touch with reality, he or she may be subjected to an inappropriate diagnosis and course of treatment which intensifies the problems. The new DSM-IV (1994) category allows us to differentiate spiritual experiences as a "condition that may be a focus of clinical attention" but is not necessarily indicative of mental disorder. Thus, spiritual experiences are not necessarily symptomatic of mental disorder. However, there is still a considerable lack of clarity about distinguishing "spiritual problems" from Dissociative Disorder Not Otherwise Specified. Possession states, out-of-body experiences and other spiritual experiences could be diagnosed as indicators of spiritual problems or a dissociative disorder. Further study is needed to clarify these distinctions.