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Evidence-based cognitive hypnotherapy for depressionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes Cognitive Hypnotherapy (CH), an evidence-based multimodal treatment for depression, which can be applied to a wide range of patients with depression. The components of CH are described in sufficient detail to allow for their replication and validation. Moreover, CH for depression provides a template for studying the additive effect of hypnosis as an adjunctive treatment with other medical and psychological disorders. Although this article emphasizes evidence-based practice, this approach should not limit the scope of therapists' creativity in the application of hypnosis to the management of depressio...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - November 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Assen Alladin Source Type: journals

Plasticity changes in the brain in hypnosis and meditationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Neuroscientific evidence interprets both hypnotic trance induction and different meditation traditions as modified states of consciousness that emphasize attention, concentration and the letting go of thoughts, but they differ in terms of sensory input, processing, memory, and the sense of time. Furthermore, hypnosis is based on the suggestibility of a person and meditation on mindfulness; therefore it is not surprising to find differential brain plasticity changes. We analysed shared and non-shared neural substrates using electroencephalography (EEG), positron emission tomography (PET), and functional magnetic resonance i...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - October 31, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ulrike Halsband, Susanne Mueller, Thilo Hinterberger, Simon Strickner Source Type: journals

Editorial commentary: hypnosis and the European perspectiveEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - August 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John Gruzelier, Burkhard Peter Tags: Editorials Source Type: journals

Hypnosis: state of the art and perspectives for the twenty-first centuryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this presidential lecture research evidence is addressed for the effectiveness of clinical hypnosis as a psychotherapeutic and medical healing method. The state of the art is characterized by meta-analyses indicating the usefulness and effectiveness of clinical hypnosis and by neuroimaging data indicating hypnotic trance exists as a separate state of consciousness. Hypnosis research can profit from mainstream psychological research as well as inspire it by putting the research focus on the underlying processes of communication, rapport, attention and perception. In future developments, hypnosis is also seen as the home-...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - August 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Matthias Mende Tags: Commentaries Source Type: journals

IS it useful to induce a hypnotic trance? a hypnotherapist's view on recent neuroimaging resultsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The effectiveness of hypnosis and hypnotherapy has been proved in several fields of psychotherapy. An attempt will be made to explain this effectiveness. Three theses will be discussed and illustrated with relevant data from neurosciences: (1) hypnotic trance is essential to experiencing an 'alternative reality'; (2) involuntariness is important to induce the feeling that one is hypnotized; (3) hypnotic phenomena are similar to psychopathological symptoms, the difference between the two, however, is crucial. New data from PET- und fMRI-research on brain activity during hypnosis support this. The consequences for the applic...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - August 26, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Burkhard Peter Tags: Research Articles Source Type: journals

A case study illustrating traps, pitfalls and concerns for the hypnodontistEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This case study is about hypnosis for intractable pain in the case of a patient who had trigeminal neuralgia, which through medical intervention had become anaesthesia dolorosa. The study will address the demand characteristics set up by the patient. Inherent in the demands were pitfalls and traps that ultimately resulted in a pyrrhic victory. This case illustrates the need to know the limits for the hypnodontist: of their jurisdictionally permitted scope of practice; their own abilities; whose goals are being met by the intervention; and what outcomes define success for the patient and the hypnodontist. Copyright © 2009 ...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - July 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gabor Filo Source Type: journals

Visual imaginative synchronyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This research examines the concordance process of the visual modality of imaginative activity experienced by interactional partners, the Visual Imaginative Synchrony (VIS). It is proposed that VIS is an interactional synchrony phenomenon which involves a natural form of interpersonal adjustment, involving a harmonizing of imaginative activity which is identifiable by an external observer. Here VIS has been applied in the hypnotic as well as in the waking state. Stimulus words were obtained from a standardized process, and a VIS test applying a combination of drawing and description was developed. This was completed by the ...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - July 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Katalin Varga S., Katalin Varga Source Type: journals

(Self) hypnosis in the prevention of burnout and compassion fatigue for caregivers: theory and inductionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Caregivers are particularly at risk of compassion fatigue and burnout. Empathy, activity of mirror neurons and mirroring increase the risks. Some research has been done on the relationship between hypnotizability and empathy. In the prevention of burnout and compassion fatigue a positive approach with increase of 'compassion satisfaction' and 'resilience' makes sense. Hypnosis with its emphasis on mobilizing positive resources and positive psychology is helpful at different levels of intervention. (Self) hypnosis is integrated in strategies for self care, setting boundaries and increasing inner strength and resilience. In ...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - June 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nicole Ruysschaert Source Type: journals

Brief psychological interventions in practice, By: A. Williamson, Wiley, Chichester, UK. 2008. Pp 264. ISBN: 190442428-7Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - May 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John Gruzelier Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals

The sociocognitive and conditioning and inhibition theories of hypnosisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - May 18, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steven Jay Lynn, Sean O'Hagen Tags: Commentaries Source Type: journals

Response expectancies: a psychological mechanism of suggested and placebo analgesiaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this study, response expectancies were evaluated as a mediator of suggested and placebo analgesia using Baron and Kenny's (1986) classic method of testing mediation. One hundred and seventy-two volunteers were randomly assigned to hypnotic analgesia suggestion, imaginative analgesia suggestion, placebo analgesia, or no-treatment control conditions. The hypnotic, imaginative and placebo treatments were more effective than the no-treatment control condition in relieving finger pressure pain. The hypnotic treatment was also more effective than the placebo. Each of the three treatments was partially mediated by response exp...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - April 25, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Leonard S. Milling Source Type: journals

Hypnotic susceptibility in children with Down's syndromeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Numerous studies on people with Down's syndrome show that they are able to adapt to simple tasks, have a better ability for language comprehension than for language production, and that their learning difficulties are connected to their particular memory functions as well as to their prolonged information processing time. These characteristics do not, however, highlight elements that suggest non-receptivity to hypnosis. The present research studied (a) hypnotic response in children with Down's syndrome, and (b) the cognitive variables that can mediate the hypnotic response. The sample included twelve participants, 7 girls ...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - January 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Catherine Garitte, Marie-Claire Gay, Frédérique Cuisinier, Bernadette Celeste Source Type: journals

Bursting the hypnotic bubble: does hypnotic analgesia work and if yes how?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - January 14, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Christina Liossi, Enrica L. Santarcangelo, Mark P. Jensen Source Type: journals

The efficacy of hypnotic analgesia in adults: A review of the literatureEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article both summarizes the previous reviews of randomized, controlled trials of hypnotic analgesia for the treatment of chronic and acute pain in adults, and reviews similar trials which have recently been published in the scientific literature. The results indicate that for both chronic and acute pain conditions: (1) hypnotic analgesia consistently results in greater decreases in a variety of pain outcomes compared to no treatment/standard care; (2) hypnosis frequently out-performs non-hypnotic interventions (e.g. education, supportive therapy) in terms of reductions in pain-related outcomes; and (3) hypnosis perfor...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - December 23, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Brenda L. Stoelb, Ivan R. Molton, Mark P. Jensen, David R. Patterson Source Type: journals

Neurophysiological correlates of hypnotic analgesiaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This short review describes recent advances in understanding hypnotic modulation of pain. Our current understanding of pain perception is followed by a critical review of the hypnotic analgesia studies using EEG, evoked potential and functional imaging methodologies. Copyright © 2008 British Society of Experimental & Clinical Hypnosis. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Contemporary Hypnosis)
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - December 18, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Mélanie Boly, Steven Laureys, Marie-Elisabeth Faymonville Source Type: journals

Cognitive-behavioural group treatment with hypnosis: a randomized pilot trail in fibromyalgiaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined the contributing effects of hypnosis on a standard cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT) intervention for treating pain in patients with fibromyalgia. Forty-seven patients with fibromyalgia were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: (1) Pharmacological treatment (standard care control group); (2) CBT group therapy; or (3) CBT group therapy with hypnosis. Outcome measures assessing pain intensity, sensorial and affective quality of pain and total FIQ score were administered before and after treatment. The analyses indicated that patients who received either CBT or CBT plus hypnosis improved more than...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - December 17, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Antoni Castel, Marta Salvat, José Sala, Maria Rull Source Type: journals

Hypnotizability and temporal dynamics of attention: a study on the Attentional Blink effectEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study was designed to seek hypnotizability-related differences in attention temporal dynamics. For this purpose, an iconic version of the Attentional Blink Task (AB) was performed on 18 highly (Highs, score 9-12, SHSS form C) and 18 low susceptible individuals (Lows, score 0-3). The procedure consisted of two tasks in which two animal shapes (a coloured animal, Target, and a black butterfly, Probe) appeared in close temporal proximity within a rapid stream of distractors (black animals). In the Single task only Probe detection was required; in the Conditional task, Target identification was also requested. In this cas...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - October 21, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Eleonora Castellani, Luigi D'Alessandro, Laura Sebastiani Source Type: journals

Selective information processing in hypnotic identity delusion: the impact of time of encoding and retrievalEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This experiment indexed the impact of hypnotic identity delusion on information processing. During hypnosis, high and low hypnotizable participants received a suggestion to become a same-sex friend (with opposite personality characteristics) and listened to a structured story about two characters with opposite personality characteristics. Importantly, half the participants encoded the story before the delusion suggestion and retrieved it after the suggestion, and half encoded the story after the delusion suggestion and retrieved it after cancellation. The majority of highs, but few lows, passed the suggestion and reported ...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - September 20, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rochelle E. Cox, Amanda J. Barnier Source Type: journals

Hypnosis to manage distress related to medical procedures: a meta-analysisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This meta-analysis evaluates the effect of hypnosis in reducing emotional distress associated with medical procedures. PsycINFO and PubMed were searched from their inception through February 2008. Randomized controlled trials of hypnosis interventions, administered in the context of clinical medical procedures, with a distress outcome, were included in the meta-analysis (26 of 61 papers initially reviewed). Information on sample size, study methodology, participant age and outcomes were abstracted independently by 2 authors using a standardized form. Disagreements were resolved by consensus. Effects from the 26 trials were...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - August 21, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Julie B. Schnur, Ilana Kafer, Carolyn Marcus, Guy H. Montgomery Source Type: journals

Fantasy proneness and hypnotizability: another lookEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It has long been theorized that individuals who spend a great deal of time engaged in fantasy and report profound imaginative involvements are highly hypnotizable (see Wilson and Barber, 1981, 1983a). To test this hypothesized link, we administered the Inventory of Childhood Memories and Imaginings (ICMI), the Short Imaginal Processes Inventory (SIPI), a measure of daydreaming frequency and the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility, Form A (HGSHS:A) to 506 undergraduate students in Study 1. In Study 2, a separate sample of 534 college students completed the ICMI and the HGSHS:A. Across the studies, we obtained a s...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - August 21, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Joseph P. Green, Steven Jay Lynn Source Type: journals

What happened to the social in contemporary accounts of hypnosis?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Historically and continuing into the present, the field of hypnosis has been divided into proponents of 'state' or 'special-state' and 'non-state' or 'sociocognitive' accounts of hypnosis. Although many investigators now dispute this distinction, it can still be used as a rough guide to views of the phenomenon. The sociocognitive view, at least in the last 20 years, has emphasized social and cognitive processes in the explanation of hypnosis and its effects, but increasingly - and consistent with social cognition in general - the social too has been theorized in cognitive terms. This paper reviews these theoretical develop...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - August 21, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: H. Lorraine Radtke, Henderikus J. Stam Source Type: journals

Catastrophizing and treatment outcome: differential impact on response to placebo and active treatment outcomeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Catastrophizing appears to have a differential impact on treatment response to placebo and active treatment. Given that side effects are more likely with active treatments than placebos, high levels of catastrophizing might impact negatively on active treatment effects but not necessarily on placebo effects. Discussion addresses how pain catastrophizing may contribute to null findings in clinical trials of interventions for pain disorders. Copyright © 2008 British Society of Experimental & Clinical Hypnosis. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Contemporary Hypnosis)
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - August 14, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Michael JL Sullivan, Mary E Lynch, A John Clark, Tsipora Mankovsky, Jana Sawynok Source Type: journals

Attitudes and beliefs about hypnosis: A multicultural studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of this study is to examine the effects of having personal experience and information about hypnosis over the beliefs and attitudes toward hypnosis, using a sample of students from Spain, United States, Portugal and Romania. The factor structure of the Revised Valencia Scale of Attitudes and Beliefs toward Hypnosis-Client Version, as well as its psychometric properties are also analyzed. An exploratory factor analysis of the scale was conducted and an 8-factor model solution similar to the one found in other versions of this scale was obtained: Help, Personal Control, Magical Solution, Interest, Collaboration, Fear...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - August 14, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Antonio Capafons, M. Elena Mendoza, Begoña Espejo, Joseph P. Green, Carlos Lopes-Pires, M. Luisa Selma, Daniela Flores, Marcela Morariu, Ioana Cristea, Daniel David, José Pestana, Claudia Carvallho Source Type: journals

Recent developments in the study of hypnotic pain reduction: a new golden era of research?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article presents a selective review of recent developments in research on hypnotic pain reduction. A profusion of well-controlled studies of hypnotic analgesia in children suggests that hypnosis ranks among the more effective psychological tools for managing the distress experienced by youngsters undergoing invasive medical procedures. This literature also draws attention to the importance of matching interventions to natural pain coping strategies. Virtual reality hypnosis shows much promise as a treatment and may offer hope to people who might otherwise be unable to experience hypnotic analgesia. Response expectanci...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - August 6, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Leonard S. Milling Source Type: journals

Publication bias in studies on the efficacy of hypnosis as a therapeutic toolEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In an extensive review of more than 400 hypnotic treatment outcome studies, Flammer and Bongartz (2003) presented meta-analytic evidence supporting the efficacy of hypnosis as a therapeutic tool. Meta-analyses, however, are prone to the problem of selective publication of studies reporting positive outcomes. In the present investigation, we therefore employed a variety of methods to test for the presence of publication bias in the data analysed by Flammer and Bongartz (2003). The results suggest that publication bias may have contributed to the effect size estimate by about one third. However, our analysis also shows that ...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - June 5, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Morten Moshagen, Jochen Musch Source Type: journals

Measurement of responses to suggestions for relaxation by means of indirect and direct testsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The objective was to measure suggestibility and relaxation that may correlate to these two approaches. This instrument consists of indirect motor items which are supposed to induce relaxation in an implicit manner and mental items inducing relaxation in an explicit way. In order to assess its psychometric quality this scale was administered to 177 school children (aged between 10 and 21 years). Item difficulties, item-total-correlations and reliability had satisfactory psychometric qualities. The correlation between these scales was moderate (r = 0.37). Finally, the strategy for further development of the scales is outline...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - June 4, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Vladimir A. Gheorghiu, Günter Molz Source Type: journals

Hypnotizability and chronic pain: an ambiguous connectionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We discuss the role of hypnotizability in the development and treatment of chronic pain, and in the prognosis of its possible cardiovascular consequences. Data indicate that high hypnotic susceptibility is not necessary for the relief of chronic pain obtained through hypnotic treatment. Moreover, and at variance with an earlier hypothesis, being highly susceptible to hypnosis does not represent a higher risk for developing chronic pain; in addition, high hypnotizability may be a favourable protective factor against the possible cardiovascular consequences of chronic pain. However, we cannot exclude that psychological facto...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - June 4, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Giancarlo Carli, Alexa Huber, Enrica L. Santarcangelo Source Type: journals

The use of virtual reality hypnosis with two cases of autism spectrum disorder: a feasibility studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The use of a 'virtual reality' hypnotherapeutic procedure was trialled for feasibility as a possible treatment modality for autism (4 sessions over 2 weeks) with 2 boys aged 14 and 15 years old. The aim of the study was to determine if the procedure would be acceptable to autistic patients and thus have some potential as an intervention for reducing anxieties and/or alleviating symptoms associated with autism. Results indicated that the procedure had no effect on autistic symptoms, however, the parents of both boys reported that their son enjoyed the sessions, was attentive and relaxed throughout and that they would pursue...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - May 27, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: David W. Austin, Jo-Anne M. Abbott, Colin Carbis Source Type: journals

A short note on detection of and adjusting for publication bias in meta-analysisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - May 27, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Erich Flammer Source Type: journals

The effects of translation and sex on hypnotizability testingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The above article (DOI: 10.1002/ch.340) was published in Volume 24, Issue 4, Pages 154-160.The authors of this paper stated that they had used the Inventory Scale of Hypnotic Depth (ISHD; Field, 1965) in this research when in fact they used the Subjective Experiences Scale (SES) for the HGSHS:A (Kirsch, Council, & Wickless, 1990). Thus the reader should substitute the SES for the ISHD.Otherwise, the statistics, analyses, and conclusions remain the same (Source: Contemporary Hypnosis)
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - March 17, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Etzel Cardeña, Sakari Kallio, Devin B. Terhune, Sandra Buratti, Angelica Lööf Source Type: journals

Interactional phenomenology of maternal and paternal hypnosis stylesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The study introduces an interactional analysis of subjective data (PCI and DIH questionnaires) from hypnotist and subject along with the concept of hypnosis styles (maternal/paternal scores), in a real-simulator design. It was expected that the subjective experiences of maternal and paternal hypnotists (and their subjects) are different: 1) maternal style is more emotional regarding both interactional and experience parameters, while paternal style is rather cognitive and sovereign; 2) subjects can experience subjective signs of alteration of their consciousness with both hypnosis styles; 3) while hypnotizing, maternal hyp...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - January 23, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Katalin Varga, Éva I. Bányai, Emese Józsa, Anna C. G[odblac]si-Greguss Source Type: journals

Embodied simulaton and imagery at work in hypnosis: Ericksonian psychotherapy and its uniquenessEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Recent neuroscience findings regarding phenomena including perception, action and imagery are discussed. In each of these phenomena, a form of neural simulation is involved, which sheds a new light on our traditional knowledge of brain function, and can also be interpreted as the mechanisms underlying many forms of physiological and pathological human behaviour. In the last section, the implications of such concepts for the practice of hypnotic psychotherapy are discussed, giving us a more solid understanding and confirmation of techniques currently being used by Ericksonian psychotherapists. Copyright © 2008 British Soci...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - January 22, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Renzo Balugani Source Type: journals

The landscape of hypnosis in France in the twentieth centuryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The author - a psychologist, psychotherapist and poetess - traces the history of hypnosis in France, the cradle of hypnosis. At the outset there were two conflicting schools, one originating with Charcot, a neurologist, who ended viewing hypnosis as a pathologic phenomenon associated with hysteria; the other with therapeutic goals originating with Bernheim and viewing hypnosis as a physiological state involving suggestion. From 1900 psychoanalysis dominated until the mid-century when Chertok and later Michaux struggled to stimulate a revival. In 1980 they founded the Groupement d'Etudes pour les Applications Médicales de ...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - January 3, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Christine Guilloux Source Type: journals

Awakening in hypnosisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The phenomenology and paradigm of a therapeutic method, referred to as 'hypnotherapy', are overviewed here. Phenomenological descriptions of the terms 'waking state' and 'trance state' are offered. Both states together constitute an experience referred to as 'reality' and thus the question arises as to whether it is important to induce such a trance state if it already exists in our daily reality.In this opinion piece, the authors suggest that the trance state has been long since buried under a surface of culture and education-driven complaisant behaviour. However, complaisant behaviour fails to be supported by our secret ...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - January 3, 2008 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Walter Tschugguel, Marlene Hunter Source Type: journals

Irritable bowel syndrome: symptomatic treatment versus integrative psychotherapyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal (GI) disorder thought to affect 10% to 20% of the population worldwide. Essentially the paper is in two parts. The first part of the paper investigates the world literature and a variety of up to date treatment approaches which, with the exception of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) which also has beneficial effects on patients' overall mood and bloating, are designed to manage individual symptoms of IBS. The review examines the efficacy of pharmaceutical agents (antispasmodics, antidepressants, antidiarrhoeals and the new serotonergic modifying agonists/an...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - November 14, 2007 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tom Kraft, David Kraft Source Type: journals

The effects of translation and sex on hypnotizability testingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We compared hypnotizability between two samples from different universities in Sweden. One test was administered in Swedish (University of Skövde) using a translated Swedish version of the HGSHS : A (Bergman, Trenter and Kallio, 2003). At Lund University, the original English version of the HGSHS : A (Shor and Orne, 1962) was used and participants also completed the Inventory Scale of Hypnotic Depth (ISHD; Field, 1965). The results suggest that administering the HGSHS : A in English to Swedish University students may only slightly reduce hypnotizability scores. Because the HGSHS : A was designed to be used for the initial...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - November 10, 2007 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Etzel Cardeña, Sakari Kallio, Devin B. Terhune, Sandra Buratti, Angelica Lööf Source Type: journals

A componential approach to hypnotic memory facilitation: focused meditation, context reinstatement and eye movementsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Although hypnosis is now less popular as an interviewing technique in forensic investigations than it used to be, recent evidence suggests that some of the components of hypnotic interviewing might still be useful in the development of brief memory facilitation procedures. Two experiments are described which continue this componential approach to hypnotic interviewing. In the first experiment, the effects on episodic memory of a brief context reinstatement (revivication) procedure were examined together with a focused breathing meditation technique which shares similarities with traditional hypnotic induction. A second exp...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - July 26, 2007 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: G.F. Wagstaff, J. Cole, J. Wheatcroft, M. Marshall, I. Barsby Source Type: journals

Factorial analysis and psychometric properties of the revised Valencia scale of attitudes and beliefs towards hypnosis-client versionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Psychometric properties and factorial structure of the Revised Valencia Scale of Attitudes and Beliefs toward Hypnosis - Client Version using a Portuguese sample are presented. Exploratory factor analysis on a Portuguese population of undergraduate college students (N = 444) yielded 8 factors: 'Interest/Liking', 'Memory/Magic', 'Help', 'Control', 'Cooperation', 'Marginal', 'Fear' and 'Automaton'. The overall 8-factor structure is similar to the one found in the therapist version of the scale, and as in the therapist version, each factor of the client version showed good internal consistency and reliability. Differences amo...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - April 30, 2007 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Claudia Carvalho, Antonio Capafons, Irving Kirsch, Begona Espejo, Giuliana Mazzoni, Isabel Leal Source Type: journals

The effect of the hypnotic-suggestive communication level of advertisements on their effectivenessEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Advertising is mentioned sometimes as a hypnotizing experience. The present study investigated this claim by developing and implementing a questionnaire for measuring the level of hypnotic-suggestive communication in advertisements. The results demonstrated that this level is a crucial variable for advertising effectiveness and for the evaluations of the advertised brand. Copyright © 2007 British Society of Experimental & Clinical Hypnosis. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Contemporary Hypnosis)
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - April 23, 2007 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Oren Kaplan Source Type: journals

Hypnosis in complex trauma and breast cancer pain: a single case studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This case study addresses the effect of hypnosis on a range of problems associated with complex trauma (i.e. spouse abuse). It begins by exploring the specific symptoms that were generated in complex trauma and identifying that hypnosis is an appropriate treatment for these problems. A four-phase framework of treatment, taking into consideration the specific features of complex trauma which are distinct from single-episode or non-interpersonal trauma, was adopted. Breast cancer pain, another source of distress to the client, was also discussed. The therapeutic outcomes are described with reference to data collected from pr...
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - April 18, 2007 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Priscilla S. K. Kwan Source Type: journals

Hypnotizability and imagery modality preference: Do highs and lows live in the same world?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Discussion focuses on the similar networks involved in imagery and perception and on possible differences between Highs and Lows in the mechanisms of imagery/perception and sensory-motor integration. Copyright © 2007 British Society of Experimental & Clinical Hypnosis. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (Source: Contemporary Hypnosis)
Source: Contemporary Hypnosis - April 18, 2007 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Giancarlo Carli, Francesca I. Cavallaro, Enrica L. Santarcangelo Source Type: journals