Transcendental meditation, altered reality testing, and behavioral change: a case report.
This paper presents the case of a 39-year-old woman who, several weeks following initiation into transcendental meditation (TM), experienced altered reality testing and behavior. We discuss the course of this episode, present evidence for a causal relationship between her practive of TM and altered behavior, and discuss the appropriate treatment of such phenomena.
D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000209:etiology; D001007:Anxiety; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D003244:Consciousness Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D005059:Euphoria; D005201:Fantasy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012094:Repression, Psychology