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The Clinical namespace is dedicated to condensing the work of the Traditions and Synthesis namespaces, as well as directly contributed clinical expert opinions, into evolving clinical guidelines which aspire to be sufficiently comprehensive and useful as to constitute the primary educational curriculum for doctoral-level (MD and PhD) board-certified globally scalable subspecialties dedicated to Emergent Phenomena.

The Clinical namespace is the most tightly moderated of the three namespaces, and being a contributor requires a clinical background and expertise sufficient to contribute to clinical guidelines.

These are the primary areas of focus that the Clinical namespace covers, essential questions related to the ethical treatment of those with emergent phenomena, such as this incomplete initial list:

1. Clinical encounters
   1. Initial encounter and therapeutic relationship
   2. Involving secondary sources of information
2. Key clinical competencies
   1. Cultural competency: Awareness of traditional “maps” of the main religious, spiritual, mystical, wisdom (r/s/m/w) traditions
   2. EPEE competency…
   3. Awareness of the impact of appraisals and interpretations on outcomes, some education on metaphysics and worldviews
3. Safety Assessment and Protective Factors
4. Differential Diagnosis
5. Diagnostics: Subjective Experience, Clinical Observations, Secondary Sources, Imaging, Procedural and Laboratory Studies, etc.
6. Complications and Their Management > a list of common complication types, and for each of them, have some information on differential diagnosis and suggested clinical interventions or non-clinical approaches, e.g.:
   1. General differential diagnosis guidelines
   2. Energy-like phenomena
      1. Severe chronic or acute problems with energy-like phenomena and/or spontaneous movements
   3. Peak experiences and mania
   4. Post-peak experience “Crash”, or “Chronic or acute problems with challenging mindstates with existential components, possibly following peak experience” aka Dark night of the soul
   5. Bipolar-like patterns and emergent cycling
   6. Challenging changes to sense of reality or personality
   7. Existential or Ontological “shock”
   8. Psychotic-like symptoms: Visions, Hallucinations, etc.
   9. The “Powers” and “PSI”
   10. Other EPEEs
       1. Perception changes and Hallucinogen Persistent Perception Disorder
7. Pharmaceutical Modalities
8. Disposition
9. Non-Pharmaceutical Modalities
10. Linguistic Barriers  
11. Field Comparisons and Management Strategies
12. Support Strategies
13. Acceptance Obstacle
14. Education and Training
15. Discrepancies in Phenomenology and Coding Options