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P03-31 - Meditation and psychosis 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Gonzalez Vives, S.,Garcia-Albea Martin, J.,Trebbau, H.,Lopez-Ibor Alino, J. J.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam.
  • 출판년도2011
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY
  • 발행사항Vol.26//SUP1No.-[2011]_x000D_
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  • 소개/요약Introduction For the last years, there has been a wordlwide increase in the interest of oriental culture, specifically in the practice of meditation. This technic is known to produce cognitive and sensorial perception alterations, with changes in the hormonal and autonomic system. This practice has been associated with different mental disorders such as neurotic manifestations, dissociative and regressive, and even psychotic symptoms. Objectives To analyze the influence of an intensive practice of different styles of meditation in the psychopathology found in our patients (Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid). To study the changes produced in the Central Nervous System measured by Electroencephalogram, PET, and functional MRI. Aims To define the clinical characteristics, prognois, risk factors and biological changes of an “atypical” psycopathologic case which seems to be more frequent everyday. Methods Extensive bibliographic review focused in psychopathology related to different types of meditation, either auto or hetero-induced (exorcism). We analyzed the patients attended in our hospital with psychotic semiology after having practiced intensive types of meditacion (transcendental meditation, buddhist meditation, tai-chi, qi-gong, tiao-shen, etc). Results We found serious psychotic and affective symptomatology produced after using these technics. It is important to point out the risk factors and traumatic experiences characteristic of these processes. Conclusions There is clinical and epidemiological evidence that a group of psychosis, with different symptomatology and prognosis than schizophrenia and affective disorders, exists. We describe a syndrome of sudden manifestation, with flourished symptoms and serious behavior alterations, etc.