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Sulochana Joshi1, Anusha Manandhar1, Pawan Sharma1
1Department of Psychiatry, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal.
Abstract:
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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