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Psychiatric Complications of Meditation Practice
Author(s)John J. Miller, MD
Meditation is a powerful practice with risks and benefits. On rare occasions, those risks can be extreme.
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John J. Miller, MD, discusses the potential psychiatric crises that can arise when practicing intense meditation.
Dr Miller is medical director, Brain Health, Exeter, NH; editor in chief, Psychiatric TimesTM; staff psychiatrist, Seacoast Mental Health Center, Exeter, NH; consulting psychiatrist, Exeter Hospital, Exeter, NH; consulting psychiatrist, Insight Meditation Society, Barre, MA.
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