When meditation goes wrong: part two

Meditation sickness, meditation-related adverse effects or meditators in distress – you probably haven't heard these terms, even if you do meditate.

Yet research finds adverse effects occur in half of all meditators. For one in 10, it impairs their functioning or lasts more than a month.

Experts say many people can benefit from meditation, but it can also come with harms.

Today, the second episode of a two-part special on the research into those harms and the personal stories of those who've experienced them. You can hear part one of the series here.

Guests:

Willoughby Britton

Associate Professor, Brown University Medical School; Director of the Clinical and Affective Neuroscience Lab

Nicholas Van Dam

Associate Professor, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences; Director of the Contemplative Studies Center at the University of Melbourne

Willem Kuyken

Professor of Mindfulness and Psychological Science, University of Oxford

Jane Reed