• DOI:10.1159/000108125
Corpus ID: 38745071

Meditation-Induced Psychosis

@article{Kuijpers2007MeditationInducedP,
  title={Meditation-Induced Psychosis},
  author={H. H. Kuijpers and F. M. van der Heijden and S. Tuinier and W. Verhoeven},
  journal={Psychopathology},
  year={2007},
  volume={40},
  pages={461 - 464}
}

H. H. Kuijpers, F. M. van der Heijden, +1 author W. Verhoeven

Published 2007

Medicine, Psychology

Psychopathology

Background:Meditation is a self-regulatory psychological strategy that is frequently applied in Western as well as non-Western countries for different purposes; little is known about adverse events. Sampling and Methods: A male patient is described who developed an acute and transient psychosis with polymorphic symptomatology after meditating. A literature search for psychotic states related to meditation was carried out on PubMed, Embase and PsycInfo. Results: In the case presented a diagnosis… CONTINUE READING

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