Case Report
Year: 2020 | Month: October | Volume: 7 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 1-3
Meditation Induced Acute and Transient Psychotic Disorder
Pankhuri Monga1, Preethi Rebello2, Gale Crasta1, Avinash Joe3, Pavithra P. Rao2, Aruna Yadiyal4
1Post Graduate Resident, 2Assistant Professor, 3Senior Resident, 4Professor,
Department of Psychiatry, Fr Muller Medical College, Kankanady, Mangalore – 575002, Karnataka.
Corresponding Author: Preethi Rebello
ABSTRACT
Meditation, along with enhancing spiritual health has shown to be beneficial in mental and physical health. On the other hand , there are evidences and only a handful of case reports which suggest that meditation can precipitate psychiatric illnesses such as Psychosis or may worsen an already existing Psychosis. This paper reports a rare case and discusses the role of meditation as a precipitating factor for a new onset psychosis. A 25-year-old female presented with psychotic symptoms and an attempted suicide after she joined a course in meditation. She was treated with antipsychotic medication to which she had a good and quick response. This is one of the rarest cases which open our clinical knowledge to the fact that Meditation can precipitate a Psychotic episode in an otherwise healthy individual.
Keywords: Meditation, Psychosis, Suicide
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