When meditation goes wrong: part one
About this episode
This episode explores the potential risks of meditation, including anxiety and psychosis, through the experiences of a former mindfulness advocate turned researcher.
Meditation has a lot of benefits, but could it also have risks? Over the past decade, meditation and mindfulness have been promoted to reduce stress and increase relaxation. But there is another story of meditation that rarely gets told... one that involves anxiety, insomnia — even psychosis. Today, how one person went from being an evangelical mindfulness meditator, to a leading researcher on the adverse effects of meditation. Guests: Willoughby BrittonAssociate professor, Brown University Medical School and director of the Clinical and Affective Neuroscience Lab Pawan SharmaAssistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Pattan Academy of Health Sciences School of Medicine Pierce SalgueroProfessor of Asian History and Health Humanities at Penn State University Credits: Presenter: Sana Qadar Reporter/producer: Fiona Pepper Senior producer: James Bullen Producer: Rose Kerr Extra information: Defining and measuring meditation-related adverse effects in mindfulness-based programs Prevalence and 20-year trends in meditation, yoga, guided imagery and progressive relaxation use among US adults from 2002 to 2022 Prevalence and predictors of meditation use in Australia and…
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