title: Meditation in association with psychosis.
abstract: This study analysed the correlation between contemplation and psychosis from three cases of patients presenting psychotic symptoms subsequent to practising meditation. Sleep loss following a wrong doing in meditation was found to be the main cause in the first two cases, and drug withdrawal was found to be the principal factor in causing a psychotic eruption in the third case. In this last case, sleep deprivation subsequent to meditation was only a minor influence. Discussion regarding the correlation between meditation and psychosis is presented in this study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chan-Ob
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Boonyanaruthee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019122:Meditation; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000209:etiology*