OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of hypnotherapy on resumption of menstruation in patients with functional hypothalamic amenorrhea (FHA). DESIGN Uncontrolled clinical study. SETTING Academic clinical care center. PATIENT(S) Twelve consecutive women with FHA were selected. INTERVENTION(S) A single 45- to 70-minute session of hypnotherapy was administered, and patients were observed for...

Cognitive hypnotherapy (CH) is a comprehensive evidence-based hypnotherapy for clinical depression. This article describes the major components of CH, which integrate hypnosis with cognitive-behavior therapy as the latter provides an effective host theory for the assimilation of empirically supported treatment techniques derived from various theoretical models of psychotherapy and psychopatholo...

In dental practice, gagging can become a severe problem, and various methods are used for treatment of this problem. study, hypnotherapy was applied to two patients whom procedures could not be carried out due gagging. The first case one in which it thought that the patient would unable use dentures gagging, and, after hypnotherapy, ensured she able her without any second hypnotic-resistant cas...

Introduction Hypnotherapy has been increasingly used in recent years healthcare, with several applications during pregnancy, labor, birth and the postpartum. Objectives This review was performed to assess effects of before, after pregnancy. Methods A narrative methodology using keywords determined by Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) thesaurus adopted this study. For purpose, databases PubMed, Sc...

Clinical reports and observations going back almost two centuries consistently indicate that hypnotherapy is an effective modality for the treatment of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Pierre Janet was the first clinician to describe the successful initiation of stepwise hypnotic techniques in PTSD symptom reduction. Hypnotherapy may accelerate the formation of a therapeutic alliance and ...

BACKGROUND We have previously shown that hypnotherapy alters rectal sensitivity in some patients with irritable bowel syndrome. However, this previous study used incremental volume distension of a latex balloon, which might be susceptible to subject response bias and might compromise the assessment of compliance. In addition, the study group was symptomatically rather than physiologically defin...

This study aimed to test the effectiveness of Islamic hypnotherapy and anchor technique in reducing smoking intentions adolescents. There were 18 participants study: 6 people experimental group I (given intervention form hypnotherapy), II control or a waiting list which would be given after completion process II. Data analyzed using Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test Kruskal Wallis Test. The data showed...

BACKGROUND Acupuncture, hypnotherapy, and aversive smoking are the most frequently studied alternative smoking cessation aids. These aids are often used as alternatives to pharmacotherapies for smoking cessation; however, their efficacy is unclear. METHODS We carried out a random effect meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials to determine the efficacy of alternative smoking cessation ai...