Populations at risk, such as veterans, prisoners, and those with developmental disabilities, often have conditions that impair them. These conditions exist on a spectrum from severely debilitating to moderately limiting. While diagnostic labels can be politically charged, research increasingly finds physiological bases for conditions like bipolar disorder. Spiritual intelligence, as measured by SQ21, could complement the DSM-V by balancing behavioral intervention with creating meaningful experiences for those with debilitating conditions.

1. Spiritual Connection of a Population at Risk
Reaching out today to theentire globalconsortium withinanysort of
professionalcapacitywithinthementalhealth field it would be SQ21 the
measurement for spiritualintelligencewith an exceptionallyhigh capacity
to compliment DSM V. Having worked with populationsat risk for well
over twentyseven year I could well testify both to veteransas well as cadets
only now coming intothefield that themajorityofpopulationsat risk have
a very high likelihood of having a debilitatingconditionwhich impairs
them. Debilitatingconditionsaretoa great extent terminologiespoliticalin
nature. For examplea great manyprimaryclientsor individualsinneed of
mentalhealth servicesof some kind would find the term developmental
disabilityless demeaning thanbeing emotionallydisturbed.
Research todayis beginning toreveal that conditionssuch as bi-polar
disorder have a physiologicalbasisand are in themselves disabilities.
Disabilityoperatesona spectrum from being severely debilitated with very
limited communicationskillsto having one subtle conditionswhich limits
life moderatelyto slightly. Prisonpopulationsareno less likely to have such
a debilitating conditionsthanindividualsinstatehospitals. Complimentary
to DSM V which is the diagnostic manualfor diagnosing and correlating
behavior with disorder it would be SQ 21 which offers a great deal of
backbonefor balancing behavior interventionwith making each day
meaningfuland constructive.