Psychotic mania induced by diffuse meditation

Sherrill, Holly N.; Sherrill, John T.; Cáceda, Ricardo

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2016.12.035

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“…Even long term meditators have reported adverse effects [ 147 ]. There have been some reports of psychosis and mania triggered by meditation in the scientific literature [ 148 – 150 ] [ 151 ] and in lay publications [ 152 ]. Further examples include depersonalization [ 153 ], and case reports of brain activity correlated with seizures [ 154 , 155 ].…”

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Future directions in meditation research: Recommendations for expanding the field of contemplative science

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The science of meditation has grown tremendously in the last two decades. Most studies have focused on evaluating the clinical effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions, neural and other physiological correlates of meditation, and individual cognitive and emotional aspects of meditation. Far less research has been conducted on more challenging domains to measure, such as group and relational, transpersonal and mystical, and difficult aspects of meditation; anomalous or extraordinary phenomena related to meditation; and post-conventional stages of development associated with meditation. However, these components of meditation may be crucial to people’s psychological and spiritual development, could represent important mediators and/or mechanisms by which meditation confers benefits, and could themselves be important outcomes of meditation practices. In addition, since large numbers of novices are being introduced to meditation, it is helpful to investigate experiences they may encounter that are not well understood. Over the last four years, a task force of meditation researchers and teachers met regularly to develop recommendations for expanding the current meditation research field to include these important yet often neglected topics. These meetings led to a cross-sectional online survey to investigate the prevalence of a wide range of experiences in 1120 meditators. Results show that the majority of respondents report having had many of these anomalous and extraordinary experiences. While some of the topics are potentially controversial, they can be subjected to rigorous scientific investigation. These arenas represent largely uncharted scientific terrain and provide excellent opportunities for both new and experienced researchers. We provide suggestions for future directions, with accompanying online materials to encourage such research.

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Future directions in meditation research: Recommendations for expanding the field of contemplative science

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The Insight Knowledge of Fear and Adverse Effects of Mindfulness Practices

Anālayo

2019

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Meditation-induced psychosis: a narrative review and individual patient data analysis

Sharma

Mahapatra

Gupta

2019

Ir. j. psychol. Med.

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Background: Meditation is associated with health benefits; however, there are reports that it may trigger or exacerbate psychotic states. In this review, we aim to collate case reports of psychotic disorders occurring in association with meditative practice and to discuss the relationship between psychosis and meditation. Methodology: We performed case-based analysis of all the existing studies published in English language using PubMed, PsycINFO, Cochrane, Scopus, EMBASE, CINAHL and Google Scholar with the search terms; ‘Psychosis’ OR ‘Psychotic Symptoms’ OR ‘Schizophrenia’ AND ‘Meditation.’ Results: A total of 19 studies and 28 cases were included in the review. The patients described had an age range of 18–57 years; there was equal distribution of males and females. The diagnoses included acute psychosis in 14 cases, schizophrenia in 7 cases, mania with psychotic symptoms in 3 cases, and schizoaffective disorder in 1 case. The types of meditation described were Transcendent, Mindfulness, Buddhist Meditation like Qigong, Zen, and Theraveda, and others like Bikram yoga, Pranic Healing, and Hindustan Type meditation. Of the 28 cases reported, 14 patients had certain precipitating factors like insomnia, lack of food intake, history of mental illness, stress, and psychoactive substance use. Conclusion: There are case reports of psychotic disorder arising in association with meditative practice; however, it is difficult to attribute a causal relationship between the two. At the same time, there is a body of research describing the beneficial effect of meditative practice in clinical settings for patients with psychotic disorders. Appropriately designed studies are needed to further investigate the relationship between meditative practice and psychosis.

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Psychotic mania induced by diffuse meditation

Cited by 3 publications

References 5 publications

Future directions in meditation research: Recommendations for expanding the field of contemplative science

Future directions in meditation research: Recommendations for expanding the field of contemplative science

The Insight Knowledge of Fear and Adverse Effects of Mindfulness Practices

Meditation-induced psychosis: a narrative review and individual patient data analysis

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