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Listed below are health
problems for which Hypnotherapy has been shown to help. For full details,
please click on the health problem.
Hypnotherapy
- intractable pain
The Crasilneck Bombardment Technique consists of six diversified methods
of hypnotic inductions used consecutively within one hour; the six
sequential systems are typically used for 7 to 10 minutes each and include
(71) relaxation, (2) displacement, (3) age regression, (4) glove anaesthesia,
(5) hypnoanaesthesia, and (6) self-hypnosis.
In a study conducted at the University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center, USA, twelve consecutive patients, all of whom
manifested severe organic pain problems which had not responded to any form
of treatment, including stand-ard hypnosis techniques were given Crasilneck
Bombardment Technique.
The results showed that ten of the twelve patients
responded positively to the Bombardment Method. More interestingly, one year
after the treatment, the patients estimates of pain control ranged from a
minimum of 80% relief to a maxi-mum of 90%, most of the time. The types of
intractable pain treated were six head-aches, three backaches, one arthritic
pain, one postherpetic neuralgia pain problem, and one temporomandibular
joint pain.
Crasilneck HE. The use of the Crasilneck Bombard-ment
Technique in problems of intractable organic pain. Am J Clin Hypn (UNITED
STATES) Apr 1995, 37 (4) p255-66
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Hypnosis,
acupuncture & pain
Whilst it is now generally accepted that both Hypnosis and acupuncture
can alleviate pain, the precise mechanism that triggers the analgesic
response remains unclear for both treatments. It was for this reason
that researchers at the Department of Anaesthesiology, Hopital Cantonal
Universitaire of Geneva, Switzerland recently investigated and compared
the analgesic effect of hypnosis and acupuncture .
Experimental pain was induced by cold pressor test
(CPT) in eight male volunteers. The analgesic effects of hypnosis and
acupuncture were assessed before and after double-blind administration of a
placebo or naloxone, in a prospective, cross-over study.
The results showed that pain intensity was
significantly lower with hypnotherapy
as compared with acupuncture, and the pain scores did not differ
significantly when naloxone or placebo was administered. The researchers
concluded that both hypnosis and acupuncture can or AA nor by naloxone or placebo administration.
Moret V; Forster A; Laverriere MC; Lambert H; Gaillard RC; Bourgeois P; Haynal A; Gemperle M; Buchser E . Mechanism of analgesia
induced by hypnosis and acupuncture: is there a difference? Pain
(NETHERLANDS) May 1991, 45 (2) p135-40
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Hypnotherapy
& Plastic surgery
Researchers at the Department of Anaesthesia and
Intensive Care Medicine, the University of Liege, Belgium investigated the
benefits of hypnotherapy in assisting local anaesthesia for patients
undergoing plastic surgery. 337 patients requiring minor and major plastic
surgery requiring local anaesthesia together with conscious intravenous
sedation were divided into three groups. The first group received
intravenous sedation, the second group received hypnotherapy during which
patients achieved an hypnotic trance level, and third group received
general relaxation incorporating hypnotherapy without the required
hypnotic trance level. Pain scores, anxiety scores and levels of
intravenous sedative required were recorded and then compared.
The results showed that anxiety scores were
significantly lower in the hypnotherapy and relaxation groups and the
levels of sedative required were also significantly lower in the
hypnotherapy and relaxation groups. Furthermore, postoperative
vomiting and nausea was only 1.2 per cent in the hypnotherapy group
compared to 12.8 per cent in the relaxation group and 26.7 per cent in
the intravenous sedation group. The hypnotherapy group also reported
higher satisfaction with the anaesthetic procedure and greater
surgical comfort.
The researchers concluded that hypnotherapy
as an adjunct sedation procedure to conscious intravenous sedation
produced greater relief from pain and anxiety than conventional
intravenous sedation, enabled significant reduction in drug sedative
requirements and significantly improved patients satisfaction and
comfort.
Faymonville M et al.
Hypnosis as adjunct therapy in conscious sedation for plastic surgery.
Reg Aneash 1995. 20;2,145-151
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Hypnotherapy
& Trichotillomania
This study describes a non-pharmacological treatment
modality for children with trichotillomania . Three children with
trichotillomania were treated using a hypnotherapy technique. All patients
were observed in the outpatient clinic for 8 consecutive weeks and
subsequently followed for 12-18 months. All children were co-operative in
performing the hypnotherapy technique (relaxation/mental imagery). Two
patients reported complete resolution of their complaints after 7-8 weeks
and 1 patient after 16 weeks. The latter, reporting recurrence of the
complaint after 4 weeks due to stressful school problems, was resolved
after successful retreatment over 3 weeks. During a mean follow-up period
of 16 months, there were no recurrences. In conclusion, hypnotherapy may
be considered as a primary treatment modality for trichotillomania in
children without associated emotional disorders.
Acta Paediatr 1999
Apr;88(4):407-10 Cohen HA, Barzilai A, Lahat E Pediatric Ambulatory
Center, Petach Tikva, Israel.
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