Psychiatric Complications of Meditation Practice

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 Times^TM; staff psychiatrist, Seacoast Mental Health Center, Exeter, NH; consulting psychiatrist, Exeter Hospital, Exeter, NH; consulting psychiatrist, Insight Meditation Society, Barre, MA.