Medications
Could hypnotherapy be alternative to opioids for pain?
(HealthDay)—Hypnosis might sound like a magic trick to some, but the therapy can be an effective pain reliever, a new review shows.
May 17, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Skype hypnotherapy is effective treatment for IBS
Skype hypnotherapy is an effective treatment for people with severe irritable bowel syndrome, a new study has found.
Feb 27, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Hypnotherapy trial reduces pain and anxiety in children with burns
A world-first study has found medical hypnosis can reduce pain and anxiety in children being treated for serious burns.
Dec 9, 2016
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Other
Relieving the effects of surgery with hypnosis
When Don Gotler was undergoing two procedures preparing him for treatment for his esophageal cancer last year, his doctor asked if he wanted to take part in the hospital's new hypnotherapy program. Combined with anesthesia, ...
Jul 19, 2011
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mindfulness combined with hypnotherapy aids highly stressed people, study finds
A new treatment for stress which combines mindfulness with hypnotherapy has shown positive results in a Baylor University pilot study.
Jun 16, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study explores hypnotherapy for gastrointestinal issues
Loyola Medicine is among the first to conduct a clinical study using hypnotherapy to treat functional dyspepsia, a gastrointestinal disorder affecting approximately 10 percent of the population.
Feb 14, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hypnosis provides effective treatment for IBS
Hypnosis can be a highly effective treatment for the bowel disorder IBS. Studies involving a total of 346 patients conducted by researchers at The Sahlgrenska Academy of the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, showed that hypnotherapy ...
Apr 2, 2012
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Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy is a therapy that is undertaken with a subject in hypnosis.
The word "hypnosis" (from the Greek hypnos, "sleep") is an abbreviation of James Braid's (1841) term "neuro-hypnotism", meaning "sleep of the nervous system".
A person who is hypnotized displays certain unusual characteristics and propensities, compared with a non-hypnotized subject, most notably hyper-suggestibility, which some authorities have considered a sine qua non of hypnosis. For example, Clark L. Hull, probably the first major empirical researcher in the field, wrote,
If a subject after submitting to the hypnotic procedure shows no genuine increase in susceptibility to any suggestions whatever, there seems no point in calling him hypnotised...
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