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1、Thedarksideofmeditationandmindfulness:Treatmentcantriggermania,depressionandpsychosis,newbookclaims·Theoryisthattechniqueshelprelievestressandliveforthemoment·But60%ofushaveapparentlysufferedatleastonenegativesideeffect·Experts:Shortageofrigorousstatisticalstudiesint
2、othenegativeeffectsofmeditationisa'scandal'PUBLISHED: 10:56GMT,22May2015
3、 UPDATED: 16:20GMT,22May2015MeditationandmindfulnessispromotedbycelebritiesincludingGwynethPaltrowandRussellBrand,whoboastofitspowertohelppeopleputstressoutoftheirmindsandliveforthemoment.Butth
4、etreatmentcanitselftriggermania,depression,hallucinationsandpsychosis,psychologicalstudiesintheUKandUShavefound.ThepracticeispartofagrowingmovementbasedonancientEasterntraditionsofmeditation.However,60percentofpeoplewhohadbeenonameditationretreathadsufferedatleastone
5、negativesideeffect,includingpanic,depressionandconfusion,astudyintheUSfound.Scrolldownforvideo +3Meditationcantriggerdepression,hallucinationsandpsychosis,controversialresearchhasclaimed Andonein14ofthemsuffered‘profoundlyadverseeffects’,accordingtoMiguelFarias,heado
6、fthebrain,beliefandbehaviourresearchgroupatCoventryUniversityandCatherineWikholm,aresearcherinclinicalpsychologyattheUniversityofSurrey.Theshortageofrigorousstatisticalstudiesintothenegativeeffectsofmeditationwasa‘scandal’,DrFariastoldTheTimes.Hesaid:‘Theassumptionof
7、themajorityofbothTM[transcendentalmeditation]andmindfulnessresearchersisthatmeditationcanonlydoonegood.‘Thisshowsarathernarrow-mindedview.Howcanatechniquethatallowsyoutolookwithinandchangeyourperceptionorrealityofyourselfbewithoutpotentialadverseeffects?‘Theanswerist
8、hatitcan’t,andallmeditationstudiesshouldassessnotonlypositivebutnegativeeffects.’TheBritishstudyinvolvedmeasuringeffectofyogaandmeditationonprisoners,anditsfindingswerepublishedyesterdayinthepsychologists’book,TheBuddhaPill:CanMeditationChangeYou?.Inmatesatsevenpriso
9、nsintheMidlandstook90-minuteclassesonceaweekandcompletedteststomeasuretheirhighercognitivefunctionsinatenweekrandomisedcontroltrial
