Meditation-Induced Psychosis: Trigger and Recurrence | Zendy

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Meditation-Induced Psychosis: Trigger and Recurrence

Author(s) -

Sulochana Joshi,

Anusha Manandhar,

Pawan Sharma

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

case reports in psychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.17

H-Index - 4

eISSN - 2090-682X

pISSN - 2090-6838

DOI - 10.1155/2021/6615451

Subject(s) - meditation , psychosis , medicine , psychotherapist , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychology , philosophy , theology

Meditation is regarded as a self-regulation approach to manage emotions. Meditation has a beneficial effect on mental health. Different kinds of meditation are practiced in many religions and cultures for the general wellbeing of an individual. However, meditation-related experiences and negative effects of meditation are not uncommon. Meditation-induced psychosis has been reported in the past. Here, we present a case of a 33-year-old male patient who developed acute and transient psychosis twice after meditation and discuss the role of meditation as a precipitating factor to psychosis.

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