Meditation as a Therapy or a Threat: A Case Series.

Meditation is an approach to self-regulate the emotions. Meditation has a beneficial effect on both physical and mental health. Various forms of meditation practices prevail in many religions and cultures for human well-being. Although meditation has so many positive effects, very few people experience negative too. Meditation-induced psychosis has been reported in the past. Here, we present a case series of seven cases who developed psychiatric illness after meditation.