Renowned psychiatrist discusses his Transcendental Meditation practice, discovery of Seasonal Affective Disorder
by Global Good News staff writer

Global Good News    Translate This Article
2 July 2011

Dr Norman Rosenthal, renowned psychiatrist who brought to light Seasonal Affective Disorder and its treatment, discusses the importance of the Transcendental Meditation Technique in his own life and how he recommends it to his patients.

'As a researcher, I have learned that it is critical to be open to new possibilities whenever they arise. That practice has served me well,' he said, speaking to graduating students at Maharishi University of Management.

In his commencement address, Dr Rosenthal offered seven 'pearls of wisdom', the third of which was, 'Be open to new possibilities'.*

'As a young researcher at the National Institute of Mental Health I observed patients with regular cycles of depression in the winter, alternating with happy times in the spring and summer.

' ''Could it be related to changes in the environment, in the environmental light?'' I wondered. I asked myself, ''Why not?''**

'I described a condition that had never been previously identified and called it Seasonal Affective Disorder, and developed a new treatment for it—light therapy—which is now a standard type of treatment all over the world. My original description of the condition and its treatment has now been cited more than 1,000 times.

'I would not be speaking to you all today had I not listened to a young man with bipolar disorder who told me how Transcendental Meditation had changed his life. When I shared with him that I had once learned the technique, he urged me to get back to it, and I said to myself ''Why not?'' '**

'Because it made a huge difference in my life, I went on to recommend it my patients, to research it, and wrote a book about it.

*Please see Part I ,Part II, Part III, and Part IV of this article.

**Dr Rosenthal refers to a George Bernard Shaw quote from earlier in his address: 'Some people look at the world as it is and ask, ''Why?'' I look at the world as it never was, and ask ''Why not?'' '

In the coming days, Global Good News will continue to feature Dr Rosenthal's commencement address.

© Copyright 2011 Global Good News^®

Global Good News comment:

For the good news about Maharishi's seven-point programme to create a healthy, happy, prosperous society, and a peaceful world, please visit: Global Financial Capital of New York



Translation software is not perfect; however if you would like to try it, you can translate this page using:

(Google) Select a language English to Afrikaans English to Albanian English to Arabic English to Belarusian English to Bulgarian English to Catalan English to Chinese (Simplified) English to Chinese (Traditional) English to Croatian English to Czech English to Danish English to Dutch English to Estonian English to Filipino English to Finnish English to French English to Galician English to German English to Greek English to Hebrew English to Hindi English to Hungarian English to Icelandic English to Indonesian English to Irish English to Italian English to Japanese English to Korean English to Latvian English to Lithuanian English to Macedonian English to Malay English to Maltese English to Norwegian English to Persian English to Polish English to Portuguese English to Romanian English to Russian English to Serbian English to Slovak English to Slovenian English to Spanish English to Swahili English to Swedish English to Thai English to Turkish English to Ukrainian English to Vietnamese English to Welsh English to Yiddish

(Altavista babelfish) Select a languageEnglish to Chinese-simpEnglish to Chinese-tradEnglish to DutchEnglish to PortugueseEnglish to FrenchEnglish to GermanEnglish to GreekEnglish to ItalianEnglish to JapaneseEnglish to KoreanEnglish to RussianEnglish to Spanish