Medical Hypnosis

Medical Hypnosis

MEDICAL HYPNOSIS. Vol. I. The Principles of Hypotherapy. xi + 449 pp. $5.50. Vol. II. The Practice of Hypnotherapy. x + 513 pp. $6.50. By Lewis R. Wolberg. Grune & Stratton, New York, 1948. This text presents an orientation to modern dynamic psychotherapy as an integral part of its discussion of hypnosis. It assumes that hypnosis as a medical tool will be employed only by psychologically traine...

Medical and Dental Hypnosis

Medical hypnosis for hyperemesis gravidarum.

Hyperemesis gravidarum in pregnancy is a serious condition that is often resistant to conservative treatments. Medical hypnosis is a well-documented alternative treatment. This article reviews the empirical studies of medical hypnosis for treating hyperemesis gravidarum, explains basic concepts, and details the treatment mechanisms. The importance of a thorough differential diagnosis and approp...

A Handbook of Medical Hypnosis

BRAINWASHING and advertising techniques bear witness to the effectiveness of suggestibility. Hardly a day passes in the life of any practising medical man that he does not deliberately use it as part of his therapeutic approach. The effects of suggestibility must be taken into account in the design of any experiment to test the effects of a new drug. The 'inert tablet' has been found to be far ...

A Handbook of Medical Hypnosis

Third Edition. (Pp. 336. 45s). London: Ballierc, Tindall & Cassell, 1968. SINCE the British Hypnotism Act of 1952 prohibited exhibitions of hypnosis for entertainment, Ulster is the only part of the United Kingdom where the average person's familiarity (indeed the average medical student or doctor's familiarity) with hypnosis is acquired from a theatre seat. This is the third edition of the aut...