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Tthere is also evidence that meditation can help people with schizophrenia. I think they say that for liability reasons, as I don't doubt meditation can make someone spontaneously go even more crazy.
Got a reference for that? My flatmate used to enjoy meditation a lot prior to his psychotic break, and is now explicitly not allowed to meditate.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19267396
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18041355
http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/mh_bcmh/docs/confandtraining/2007/MindfulMedPtSchizDaubertDec07.pdf
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00936351
Thanks!
There are a lot of different kinds of meditation. Lumping them together might like assuming that all exercise can be expected to have the same effect.
yeh, I'm not sure which type he used to do, although I suspect it was Vipassanna or closely related.
Doesn't all exercise have largely the same effect in terms of peripheral benefits? Release of endorphins, better sleep, and so forth.
Not all exercise (especially if you include amount as well as type) is good for all people.
Good point, I was naively assuming reasonable types and limits.