Hypnotherapy has been shown to be effective at relieving global gastrointestinal symptoms (GGS) in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). This study examines the impact of hypnotherapy delivery and participant characteristics on IBS outcomes. systematic review searched CINAHL, Cochrane Library, Conference Citation Index, Embase, PubMed, PsycARTICLES, PsychINFO, Science index-expanded, Social Index. Ti...

Vaginismus has been considered by therapists not only as medical disorder, but as a psychological symptom. Accordingly, the present case study intends to treat vaginismus by psychological approach through the hypnotherapy in a 35-year-old female Vaginismus patient. The result has been demonstrated that applying hypnosis as an intervention in vaginismus could be mentioned by therapists as profit...

Globally HIV/AIDS raised as a biggest health problem. Normally only pharmacological techniques are using for controlling HIV/AIDS symptoms. But some alternative techniques are also available which can control major psychological symptoms like anxiety and depression in HIV/AIDS patients. Present meta analysis emphasis effect of those alternative techniques hypnotherapy and Jacobson progressive m...

The 1956 publication of The Search for Bridey Murphy was a noteworthy event for the field of hypnosis. This internationally best selling book, written for lay readers, described several recorded sessions of alleged time-regression to a prior life nearly two centuries before 1956. While subsequent investigations disproved that claim, there were a number of important implications for the science ...

3 variables drawn from role theory were investigated as predictors of hypnotic responsiveness: congruence of self and role (assessed by questionnaire); role expectations (assessed by questionnaire); and role-taking aptitude (drama students vs. science students). 168 Ss (78 drama students, 91 science students) were administered the 2 questionnaires and the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Suscept...

Automatic word processing, a form of dissociation utilizing hypnosis and computer technology, was developed to provide patients a forum for hypnotic expression with unique features. Using automatic word processing, the six patients in this report were able to express themselves extensively, edit their responses to queries, and even write poetry while doing hypnosis. Automatic word processing ca...

Hypnosis is associated with profound changes in conscious experience and is increasingly used as a cognitive tool to explore neuropsychological processes. Studies of this sort typically employ suggestions following a hypnotic induction to produce changes in perceptual experience and motor control. It is not clear, however, to what extent the induction procedure serves to facilitate suggested ph...