Meditation-Related Challenges Study
A study to understand the nature of meditation-related difficulties and adverse effects
You may be eligible to participate if you have experienced any of the following as a result of meditation
Difficulties or distress or
Negative impacts on your life or daily functioning or
You needed additional professional support or treatment
And you are 18 years or older and can read and understand English
Study Objectives
The Meditation-Related Challenges Study aims to answer the following questions:
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What kinds of challenges and adverse effects can result from meditation practice?
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Are there specific practices, programs, or products that tend to cause more problems than others?
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What predicts improvement, worsening, or growth after meditation-related challenges?
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If someone experiences difficulties from meditating, what should they do? What types of support, remedies or therapies are most or least helpful?
About Us
Our research is focused on understanding difficulties and adverse effects that might result from meditation practices. We are interested in learning what helps people recover, and what can make these challenges worse. We are also interested in learning what might predict whether meditation has a therapeutic or destabilizing effect.
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Resources
Here is a list of safety and mental health resources available for anyone who is struggling. If you have additional resources to suggest, please contact us.
For those who have experienced challenges related to psychedelics, visit our partner study.
We are actively recruiting participants to contribute to an ongoing research into difficulties resulting from psychedelics.