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defined mental health as “an ongoing process of dedication to reality at all costs.”
'''M. Scott Peck''', M.D., is unusual among psychiatrists because he believes in God and prays for divine help.
Dr. Peck is the author of ''The Road Less Traveled'' and also ''People of the Lie''.
==Quotes==
*... we do not yet have a body of scientific knowledge about human [[evil]] deserving of being called a [[psychology]]. Why not? The concept of evil has been central to religious thought for millennia. Yet it is virtually absent from our science of psychology — which one might think would be vitally concerned with the matter. (''People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil'', pp. 39-40)
*As well as being the Father of Lies, Satan may be said to be the spirit of mental illness. In ''The Road Less Traveled'' I defined [[mental health]] as “an ongoing process of dedication to reality at all costs.” Satan is utterly dedicated to opposing that process. In fact, the best definition I have for Satan is that it is a real spirit of unreality. (''People of the Lie'', p. 207)
Dr. Peck is the author of ''The Road Less Traveled'' and also ''People of the Lie''.
==Quotes==
*... we do not yet have a body of scientific knowledge about human [[evil]] deserving of being called a [[psychology]]. Why not? The concept of evil has been central to religious thought for millennia. Yet it is virtually absent from our science of psychology — which one might think would be vitally concerned with the matter. (''People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil'', pp. 39-40)
*As well as being the Father of Lies, Satan may be said to be the spirit of mental illness. In ''The Road Less Traveled'' I defined [[mental health]] as “an ongoing process of dedication to reality at all costs.” Satan is utterly dedicated to opposing that process. In fact, the best definition I have for Satan is that it is a real spirit of unreality. (''People of the Lie'', p. 207)