Research Statistics on the Effectiveness of Hypnotherapy
Here is a small collection of research on a number of issues from addiction to pain management and other issues.
Here is a brief review of some of the research evidence on the effectiveness of hypnosis:
as obtained at:Studies on the Effectiveness of Hypnosis for Smoking Cessation. (2009, April 8). Retrieved from http://johnmongiovi.com
90.6% Success Rate for Smoking Cessation Using Hypnosis
Of 43 consecutive patients undergoing this treatment protocol, 39 reported
remaining abstinent from tobacco use at follow-up (6 months to 3 years
post-treatment). This represents a 90.6% success rate using hypnosis.
University of Washington School of Medicine, Depts. of Anesthesiology and
Rehabilitation Medicine, Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2001 Jul;49(3):257-66. Barber J.
87% Reported Abstinence From Tobacco Use With Hypnosis
A field study of 93 male and 93 female CMHC outpatients examined the
facilitation of smoking cessation by using hypnosis. At 3-month follow-up, 86%
of the men and 87% of the women reported continued abstinence from the use of
tobacco using hypnosis. Performance by gender in a stop-smoking program combining hypnosis and aversion. Johnson DL, Karkut
RT. Adkar Associates, Inc., Bloomington, Indiana. Psychol Rep. 1994
Oct;75(2):851-7. PMID: 7862796 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
81% Reported They Had Stopped Smoking After Hypnosis
Thirty smokers enrolled in an HMO were referred by their primary physician
for treatment. Twenty-one patients returned after an initial consultation and
received hypnosis for smoking cessation. At the end of treatment, 81% of those
patients reported that they had stopped smoking, and 48% reported abstinence at
12 months post-treatment.
Texas A&M University, System Health Science Center, College of Medicine,
College Station, TX USA. Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2004 Jan;52(1):73-81. Clinical hypnosis for smoking cessation:
preliminary results of a three-session intervention. Elkins GR, Rajab
MH.
Hypnosis Patients Twice As Likely To Remain Smoke-Free After Two Years
Study of 71 smokers showed that after a two-year follow up, patients that
quit with hypnosis were twice as likely to remain smoke-free than those who quit
on their own.
Guided health imagery for smoking
cessation and long-term abstinence. Wynd, CA. Journal of Nursing
Scholarship, 2005; 37:3, pages 245-250.
Hypnosis More Effective Than Drug Interventions For Smoking Cessation
Group hypnosis sessions, evaluated at a less effective success rate (22%
success) than individualized hypnosis sessions. However, group hypnosis sessions
were still demonstrated here as being more effective than drug interventions.
Ohio State University, College of Nursing, Columbus, OH 43210,
USA Descriptive outcomes of the
American Lung Association of Ohio hypnotherapy smoking cessation
program. Ahijevych K, Yerardi R, Nedilsky N.
Hypnosis Most Effective Says Largest Study Ever: 3 Times as Effective
as Patch and 15 Times as Effective as Willpower.
Hypnosis is the most effective way of giving up smoking, according to the
largest ever scientific comparison of ways of breaking the habit. A
meta-analysis, statistically combining results of more than 600 studies of
72,000 people from America and Europe to compare various methods of quitting. On
average, hypnosis was over three times as effective as nicotine replacement
methods and 15 times as effective as trying to quit alone.
University of Iowa, Journal of Applied Psychology, How
One in Five Give Up Smoking. October 1992.
(Also New Scientist, October 10, 1992.)
Hypnosis Over 30 Times as Effective for Weight Loss
Investigated the effects of hypnosis in weight loss for 60 females, at least
20% overweight. Treatment included group hypnosis with metaphors for
ego-strengthening, decision making and motivation, ideomotor exploration in
individual hypnosis, and group hypnosis with maintenance suggestions. Hypnosis
was more effective than a control group: an average of 17 lbs lost by the
hypnosis group vs. an average of 0.5 lbs lost by the control group, on
follow-up.
Cochrane, Gordon; Friesen, J. (1986). Hypnotherapy
in weight loss treatment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,
54, 489-492.
Two Years Later: Hypnosis Subjects Continued To Lose Significant
Weight
109 people completed a behavioral treatment for weight management either with
or without the addition of hypnosis. At the end of the 9-week program, both
interventions resulted in significant weight reduction. At 8-month and 2-year
follow-ups, the hypnosis subjects were found to have continued to lose
significant weight, while those in the behavioral-treatment-only group showed
little further change.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (1985)
Hypnosis Subjects Lost More Weight Than 90% of Others and Kept it Off
Researchers analyzed 18 studies comparing a cognitive behavioral therapy such
as relaxation training, guided imagery, self monitoring, or goal setting with
the same therapy supplemented by hypnosis.
Those who received the hypnosis lost more weight than 90 percent of those not
receiving hypnosis and maintained the weight loss two years after treatment
ended.
University of Connecticut, Storrs Allison DB, Faith MS. Hypnosis
as an adjunct to cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy for obesity: a
meta-analytic reappraisal. J Consult Clin Psychol.
1996;64(3):513-516.
Hypnosis More Than Doubled Average Weight Loss
Study of the effect of adding hypnosis to cognitive-behavioral treatments for
weight reduction, additional data were obtained from authors of two studies.
Analyses indicated that the benefits of hypnosis increased substantially over
time.
Kirsch, Irving (1996). Hypnotic enhancement of cognitive-behavioral
weight loss treatments–Another meta-reanalysis. Journal of Consulting
and Clinical Psychology, 64 (3), 517-519.
Hypnosis Showed Significantly Lower Post-Treatment Weights
Two studies compared overweight smoking and non-smoking adult women in an
hypnosis-based, weight-loss program. Both achieved significant weight losses and
decreases in Body Mass Index. Follow-up study replicated significant weight
losses and declines in Body Mass Index. The overt aversion and hypnosis program
yielded significantly lower post-treatment weights and a greater average number
of pounds lost.
Weight loss for women: studies of smokers and nonsmokers using hypnosis and multi-component treatments with and
without overt aversion. Johnson DL, Psychology Reprints. 1997 Jun;80(3
Pt 1):931-3.
Hypnotherapy group with stress reduction achieved significantly more
weight loss than the other two treatments.
Randomised, controlled, parallel study of two forms of hypnotherapy (directed
at stress reduction or energy intake reduction), vsdietary advice
alone in 60 obese patients with obstructive sleep apnoea on nasal continuous
positive airway pressure treatment.
J Stradling, D Roberts, A Wilson and F Lovelock, Chest Unit, Churchill
Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, UK
Hypnosis can more than double the effects of traditional weight loss approaches
An analysis of five weight loss studies reported in the Journal of Consulting
and Clinical Psychology in 1996 showed that the “… weight loss reported in the
five studies indicates that hypnosis can more than double the effects” of
traditional weight loss approaches.
University of Connecticut, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology in
1996 (Vol. 64, No. 3, pgs 517-519).
Weight loss is greater where hypnosis is utilized
Research into cognitive-behavioral weight loss treatments established that
weight loss is greater where hypnosis is utilized. It was also established that
the benefits of hypnosis increase over time.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (1996)
Showed Hypnosis As “An Effective Way To Lose Weight”
A study of 60 females who were at least 20% overweight and not involved in
other treatment showed hypnosis is an effective way to lose weight.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (1986)
Reference
Hypnosis Reduces Frequency and Intensity of Migraines
Compared the treatment of migraine by hypnosis and autohypnosis with the
treatment of migraine by the drug prochlorperazine (Stemetil). Results show that
the number of attacks and the number of people who suffered blinding attacks
were significantly lower for the group receiving hypnotherapy than for the group
receiving prochlorperazine. For the group on hypnotherapy, these two measures
were significantly lower when on hypnotherapy than when on the previous
treatment. It is concluded that further trials of hypnotherapy are justified
against some other treatment not solely associated with the ingestion of tablets.
Anderson JA, Basker MA, Dalton R, Migraine
and hypnotherapy, International Journal of Clinical & Experimental
Hypnosis 1975; 23(1): 48-58.
Hypnosis Reduces Pain and Speeds up Recovery from Surgery
Since 1992, we have used hypnosis routinely in more than 1400 patients
undergoing surgery. We found that hypnosis used with patients as an adjunct to
conscious sedation and local anesthesia was associated with improved
intraoperative patient comfort, and with reduced anxiety, pain, intraoperative
requirements for anxiolytic and analgesic drugs, optimal surgical conditions and
a faster recovery of the patient. We reported our clinical experience and our
fundamental research.
[Hypnosis and its application in surgery] Faymonville ME, Defechereux T,
Joris J, Adant JP, Hamoir E, Meurisse M, Service d’Anesthesie-Reanimation,
Universite de Liege, Rev Med Liege. 1998 Jul;53(7):414-8.
Hypnosis Reduces Pain Intensity
Analysis of the simple-simple main effects, holding both group and condition
constant, revealed that application of hypnotic analgesia reduced report of pain
intensity significantly more than report of pain unpleasantness.
Dahlgren LA, Kurtz RM, Strube MJ, Malone MD, Differential
effects of hypnotic suggestion on multiple dimensions of pain.Journal of
Pain & Symptom Management. 1995; 10(6): 464-70.
Hypnosis Reduces Pain of Headaches and Anxiety
The improvement was confirmed by the subjective evaluation data gathered with
the use of a questionnaire and by a significant reduction in anxiety
scores.
Melis PM, Rooimans W, Spierings EL, Hoogduin CA, Treatment
of chronic tension-type headache with hypnotherapy: a single-blind time
controlled study. Headache 1991; 31(10): 686-9.
Hypnosis Lowered Post-treatment Pain in Burn Injuries
Patients in the hypnosis group reported less post treatment pain than did
patients in the control group. The findings are used to replicate earlier
studies of burn pain hypnoanalgesia, explain discrepancies in the literature,
and highlight the potential importance of motivation with this population.
Patterson DR, Ptacek JT, Baseline pain as a moderator of hypnotic
analgesia for burn injury treatment. Journal of Consulting & Clinical
Psychology 1997; 65(1): 60-7.
Hypnosis Lowered Phantom Limb Pain
Hypnotic procedures appear to be a useful adjunct to established strategies
for the treatment of phantom limb pain and would repay further, more systematic,
investigation. Suggestions are provided as to the factors which should be
considered for a more systematic research program.
Treatment of phantom limb pain using hypnotic imagery. Oakley DA, Whitman LG,
Halligan PW, Department of Psychology, University College, London, UK.
Hypnosis Has a Reliable and Significant Impact on Acute and Chronic Pain
Hypnosis has been demonstrated to reduce analogue pain, and studies on the
mechanisms of laboratory pain reduction have provided useful applications to
clinical populations. Studies showing central nervous system activity during
hypnotic procedures offer preliminary information concerning possible
physiological mechanisms of hypnotic analgesia. Randomized controlled studies
with clinical populations indicate that hypnosis has a reliable and significant
impact on acute procedural pain and chronic pain conditions. Methodological
issues of this body of research are discussed, as are methods to better
integrate hypnosis into comprehensive pain treatment.
Hypnosis and clinical pain.
Patterson DR, Jensen MP, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of
Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA USA 98104 Psychol Bull. 2003
Jul;129(4):495-521.
Hypnosis is a Powerful Tool in Pain Therapy and is Biological in
Addiction to Psychological
Attempting to elucidate cerebral mechanisms behind hypnotic analgesia, we
measured regional cerebral blood flow with positron emission tomography in
patients with fibromyalgia, during hypnotically-induced analgesia and resting
wakefulness. The patients experienced less pain during hypnosis than at rest.
The cerebral blood-flow was bilaterally increased in the orbitofrontal and
subcallosial cingulate cortices, the right thalamus, and the left inferior
parietal cortex, and was decreased bilaterally in the cingulate cortex. The
observed blood-flow pattern supports notions of a multifactorial nature of
hypnotic analgesia, with an interplay between cortical and subcortical brain
dynamics. Copyright 1999 European Federation of Chapters of the International
Association for the Study of Pain.
Functional anatomy of hypnotic analgesia: a PET study of patients with
fibromyalgia. Wik G, Fischer H, Bragee B, Finer B, Fredrikson M, Department of
Clinical Neurosciences, Karolinska Institute and Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden Eur
J Pain. 1999 Mar;3(1):7-12.
Hypnosis Useful in Hospital Emergency Rooms
Hypnosis can be a useful adjunct in the emergency department setting. Its
efficacy in various clinical applications has been replicated in controlled
studies. Application to burns, pain, pediatric procedures, surgery, psychiatric
presentations (e.g., coma, somatoform disorder, anxiety, and post traumatic
stress), and obstetric situations (e.g., hyperemesis, labor, and delivery) are
described.
Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2000 May;18(2):327-38, x. The
use of hypnosis in emergency medicine. Peebles-Kleiger MJ, Menninger
School of Psychiatry and Mental Health Sciences, Menninger Clinic, Topeka, KS,
USA. peeblemj@menninger.edu
Significantly More Methadone Addicts Quit with Hypnosis. 94% Remained
Narcotic Free
Significant differences were found on all measures. The experimental group
had significantly less discomfort and illicit drug use, and a significantly
greater amount of cessation. At six month follow up, 94% of the subjects in the
experimental group who had achieved cessation remained narcotic free.
A comparative study of hypnotherapy and psychotherapy in the treatment of
methadone addicts. Manganiello AJ, American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 1984;
26(4): 273-9.
Hypnosis Shows 77 Percent Success Rate for Drug Addiction
Treatment has been used with 18 clients over the last 7 years and has shown a
77 percent success rate for at least a 1-year follow-up. 15 were being seen for
alcoholism or alcohol abuse, 2 clients were being seen for cocaine addiction,
and 1 client had a marijuana addiction
Intensive Therapy: Utilizing
Hypnosis in the Treatment of Substance Abuse Disorders. Potter, Greg,
American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, Jul 2004.
Raised Self-esteem & Serenity. Lowered Impulsivity and Anger
In a research study on self-hypnosis for relapse prevention training with
chronic drug/alcohol users. Participants were 261 veterans admitted to Substance
Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Programs (SARRTPs). individuals who
used repeated self-hypnosis “at least 3 to 5 times a week,” at 7-week follow-up,
reported the highest levels of self-esteem and serenity, and the least
anger/impulsivity, in comparison to the minimal-practice and control groups.
American Journal of Clinical Hypnotherapy (a publication of the
American Psychological Association) 2004 Apr;46(4):281-97)
Hypnosis For Cocaine Addiction Documented Case Study
Hypnosis was successfully used to overcome a $500 (five grams) per day
cocaine addiction. The subject was a female in her twenties. After approximately
8 months of addiction, she decided to use hypnosis in an attempt to overcome
the addiction itself. Over the next 4 months, she used hypnosis three times a
day and at the end of this period, her addiction was broken, and she has been
drug free for the past 9 years. Hypnosis was the only intervention, and no
support network of any kind was available.
The use of hypnosis in cocaine
addiction. Page RA, Handley GW, Ohio State University, Lima, OH USA
45804. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 1993 Oct;36(2):120-3.
Healed 41% faster from fracture
Healed significantly faster from surgery
Two studies from Harvard Medical School show hypnosis significantly reduces
the time it takes to heal.
Study One: Six weeks after an ankle fracture, those in the
hypnosis group showed the equivalent of eight and a half weeks of healing.
Study Two: Three groups of people studied after breast
reduction surgery. Hypnosis group healed “significantly faster” than supportive
attention group and control group.
Harvard Medical School, Carol Ginandes and Union Institute in Cincinnati,
Patricia Brooks, Harvard University Gazette Online at http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2003/05.08/01-hypnosis.html.
Here is a brief review of some of the research evidence on the effectiveness of hypnosis:
as obtained at:Studies on the Effectiveness of Hypnosis for Smoking Cessation. (2009, April 8). Retrieved from http://johnmongiovi.com
90.6% Success Rate for Smoking Cessation Using Hypnosis
Of 43 consecutive patients undergoing this treatment protocol, 39 reported
remaining abstinent from tobacco use at follow-up (6 months to 3 years
post-treatment). This represents a 90.6% success rate using hypnosis.
University of Washington School of Medicine, Depts. of Anesthesiology and
Rehabilitation Medicine, Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2001 Jul;49(3):257-66. Barber J.
87% Reported Abstinence From Tobacco Use With Hypnosis
A field study of 93 male and 93 female CMHC outpatients examined the
facilitation of smoking cessation by using hypnosis. At 3-month follow-up, 86%
of the men and 87% of the women reported continued abstinence from the use of
tobacco using hypnosis. Performance by gender in a stop-smoking program combining hypnosis and aversion. Johnson DL, Karkut
RT. Adkar Associates, Inc., Bloomington, Indiana. Psychol Rep. 1994
Oct;75(2):851-7. PMID: 7862796 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
81% Reported They Had Stopped Smoking After Hypnosis
Thirty smokers enrolled in an HMO were referred by their primary physician
for treatment. Twenty-one patients returned after an initial consultation and
received hypnosis for smoking cessation. At the end of treatment, 81% of those
patients reported that they had stopped smoking, and 48% reported abstinence at
12 months post-treatment.
Texas A&M University, System Health Science Center, College of Medicine,
College Station, TX USA. Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2004 Jan;52(1):73-81. Clinical hypnosis for smoking cessation:
preliminary results of a three-session intervention. Elkins GR, Rajab
MH.
Hypnosis Patients Twice As Likely To Remain Smoke-Free After Two Years
Study of 71 smokers showed that after a two-year follow up, patients that
quit with hypnosis were twice as likely to remain smoke-free than those who quit
on their own.
Guided health imagery for smoking
cessation and long-term abstinence. Wynd, CA. Journal of Nursing
Scholarship, 2005; 37:3, pages 245-250.
Hypnosis More Effective Than Drug Interventions For Smoking Cessation
Group hypnosis sessions, evaluated at a less effective success rate (22%
success) than individualized hypnosis sessions. However, group hypnosis sessions
were still demonstrated here as being more effective than drug interventions.
Ohio State University, College of Nursing, Columbus, OH 43210,
USA Descriptive outcomes of the
American Lung Association of Ohio hypnotherapy smoking cessation
program. Ahijevych K, Yerardi R, Nedilsky N.
Hypnosis Most Effective Says Largest Study Ever: 3 Times as Effective
as Patch and 15 Times as Effective as Willpower.
Hypnosis is the most effective way of giving up smoking, according to the
largest ever scientific comparison of ways of breaking the habit. A
meta-analysis, statistically combining results of more than 600 studies of
72,000 people from America and Europe to compare various methods of quitting. On
average, hypnosis was over three times as effective as nicotine replacement
methods and 15 times as effective as trying to quit alone.
University of Iowa, Journal of Applied Psychology, How
One in Five Give Up Smoking. October 1992.
(Also New Scientist, October 10, 1992.)
Hypnosis Over 30 Times as Effective for Weight Loss
Investigated the effects of hypnosis in weight loss for 60 females, at least
20% overweight. Treatment included group hypnosis with metaphors for
ego-strengthening, decision making and motivation, ideomotor exploration in
individual hypnosis, and group hypnosis with maintenance suggestions. Hypnosis
was more effective than a control group: an average of 17 lbs lost by the
hypnosis group vs. an average of 0.5 lbs lost by the control group, on
follow-up.
Cochrane, Gordon; Friesen, J. (1986). Hypnotherapy
in weight loss treatment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,
54, 489-492.
Two Years Later: Hypnosis Subjects Continued To Lose Significant
Weight
109 people completed a behavioral treatment for weight management either with
or without the addition of hypnosis. At the end of the 9-week program, both
interventions resulted in significant weight reduction. At 8-month and 2-year
follow-ups, the hypnosis subjects were found to have continued to lose
significant weight, while those in the behavioral-treatment-only group showed
little further change.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (1985)
Hypnosis Subjects Lost More Weight Than 90% of Others and Kept it Off
Researchers analyzed 18 studies comparing a cognitive behavioral therapy such
as relaxation training, guided imagery, self monitoring, or goal setting with
the same therapy supplemented by hypnosis.
Those who received the hypnosis lost more weight than 90 percent of those not
receiving hypnosis and maintained the weight loss two years after treatment
ended.
University of Connecticut, Storrs Allison DB, Faith MS. Hypnosis
as an adjunct to cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy for obesity: a
meta-analytic reappraisal. J Consult Clin Psychol.
1996;64(3):513-516.
Hypnosis More Than Doubled Average Weight Loss
Study of the effect of adding hypnosis to cognitive-behavioral treatments for
weight reduction, additional data were obtained from authors of two studies.
Analyses indicated that the benefits of hypnosis increased substantially over
time.
Kirsch, Irving (1996). Hypnotic enhancement of cognitive-behavioral
weight loss treatments–Another meta-reanalysis. Journal of Consulting
and Clinical Psychology, 64 (3), 517-519.
Hypnosis Showed Significantly Lower Post-Treatment Weights
Two studies compared overweight smoking and non-smoking adult women in an
hypnosis-based, weight-loss program. Both achieved significant weight losses and
decreases in Body Mass Index. Follow-up study replicated significant weight
losses and declines in Body Mass Index. The overt aversion and hypnosis program
yielded significantly lower post-treatment weights and a greater average number
of pounds lost.
Weight loss for women: studies of smokers and nonsmokers using hypnosis and multi-component treatments with and
without overt aversion. Johnson DL, Psychology Reprints. 1997 Jun;80(3
Pt 1):931-3.
Hypnotherapy group with stress reduction achieved significantly more
weight loss than the other two treatments.
Randomised, controlled, parallel study of two forms of hypnotherapy (directed
at stress reduction or energy intake reduction), vsdietary advice
alone in 60 obese patients with obstructive sleep apnoea on nasal continuous
positive airway pressure treatment.
J Stradling, D Roberts, A Wilson and F Lovelock, Chest Unit, Churchill
Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7LJ, UK
Hypnosis can more than double the effects of traditional weight loss approaches
An analysis of five weight loss studies reported in the Journal of Consulting
and Clinical Psychology in 1996 showed that the “… weight loss reported in the
five studies indicates that hypnosis can more than double the effects” of
traditional weight loss approaches.
University of Connecticut, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology in
1996 (Vol. 64, No. 3, pgs 517-519).
Weight loss is greater where hypnosis is utilized
Research into cognitive-behavioral weight loss treatments established that
weight loss is greater where hypnosis is utilized. It was also established that
the benefits of hypnosis increase over time.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (1996)
Showed Hypnosis As “An Effective Way To Lose Weight”
A study of 60 females who were at least 20% overweight and not involved in
other treatment showed hypnosis is an effective way to lose weight.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (1986)
Reference
Hypnosis Reduces Frequency and Intensity of Migraines
Compared the treatment of migraine by hypnosis and autohypnosis with the
treatment of migraine by the drug prochlorperazine (Stemetil). Results show that
the number of attacks and the number of people who suffered blinding attacks
were significantly lower for the group receiving hypnotherapy than for the group
receiving prochlorperazine. For the group on hypnotherapy, these two measures
were significantly lower when on hypnotherapy than when on the previous
treatment. It is concluded that further trials of hypnotherapy are justified
against some other treatment not solely associated with the ingestion of tablets.
Anderson JA, Basker MA, Dalton R, Migraine
and hypnotherapy, International Journal of Clinical & Experimental
Hypnosis 1975; 23(1): 48-58.
Hypnosis Reduces Pain and Speeds up Recovery from Surgery
Since 1992, we have used hypnosis routinely in more than 1400 patients
undergoing surgery. We found that hypnosis used with patients as an adjunct to
conscious sedation and local anesthesia was associated with improved
intraoperative patient comfort, and with reduced anxiety, pain, intraoperative
requirements for anxiolytic and analgesic drugs, optimal surgical conditions and
a faster recovery of the patient. We reported our clinical experience and our
fundamental research.
[Hypnosis and its application in surgery] Faymonville ME, Defechereux T,
Joris J, Adant JP, Hamoir E, Meurisse M, Service d’Anesthesie-Reanimation,
Universite de Liege, Rev Med Liege. 1998 Jul;53(7):414-8.
Hypnosis Reduces Pain Intensity
Analysis of the simple-simple main effects, holding both group and condition
constant, revealed that application of hypnotic analgesia reduced report of pain
intensity significantly more than report of pain unpleasantness.
Dahlgren LA, Kurtz RM, Strube MJ, Malone MD, Differential
effects of hypnotic suggestion on multiple dimensions of pain.Journal of
Pain & Symptom Management. 1995; 10(6): 464-70.
Hypnosis Reduces Pain of Headaches and Anxiety
The improvement was confirmed by the subjective evaluation data gathered with
the use of a questionnaire and by a significant reduction in anxiety
scores.
Melis PM, Rooimans W, Spierings EL, Hoogduin CA, Treatment
of chronic tension-type headache with hypnotherapy: a single-blind time
controlled study. Headache 1991; 31(10): 686-9.
Hypnosis Lowered Post-treatment Pain in Burn Injuries
Patients in the hypnosis group reported less post treatment pain than did
patients in the control group. The findings are used to replicate earlier
studies of burn pain hypnoanalgesia, explain discrepancies in the literature,
and highlight the potential importance of motivation with this population.
Patterson DR, Ptacek JT, Baseline pain as a moderator of hypnotic
analgesia for burn injury treatment. Journal of Consulting & Clinical
Psychology 1997; 65(1): 60-7.
Hypnosis Lowered Phantom Limb Pain
Hypnotic procedures appear to be a useful adjunct to established strategies
for the treatment of phantom limb pain and would repay further, more systematic,
investigation. Suggestions are provided as to the factors which should be
considered for a more systematic research program.
Treatment of phantom limb pain using hypnotic imagery. Oakley DA, Whitman LG,
Halligan PW, Department of Psychology, University College, London, UK.
Hypnosis Has a Reliable and Significant Impact on Acute and Chronic Pain
Hypnosis has been demonstrated to reduce analogue pain, and studies on the
mechanisms of laboratory pain reduction have provided useful applications to
clinical populations. Studies showing central nervous system activity during
hypnotic procedures offer preliminary information concerning possible
physiological mechanisms of hypnotic analgesia. Randomized controlled studies
with clinical populations indicate that hypnosis has a reliable and significant
impact on acute procedural pain and chronic pain conditions. Methodological
issues of this body of research are discussed, as are methods to better
integrate hypnosis into comprehensive pain treatment.
Hypnosis and clinical pain.
Patterson DR, Jensen MP, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of
Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA USA 98104 Psychol Bull. 2003
Jul;129(4):495-521.
Hypnosis is a Powerful Tool in Pain Therapy and is Biological in
Addiction to Psychological
Attempting to elucidate cerebral mechanisms behind hypnotic analgesia, we
measured regional cerebral blood flow with positron emission tomography in
patients with fibromyalgia, during hypnotically-induced analgesia and resting
wakefulness. The patients experienced less pain during hypnosis than at rest.
The cerebral blood-flow was bilaterally increased in the orbitofrontal and
subcallosial cingulate cortices, the right thalamus, and the left inferior
parietal cortex, and was decreased bilaterally in the cingulate cortex. The
observed blood-flow pattern supports notions of a multifactorial nature of
hypnotic analgesia, with an interplay between cortical and subcortical brain
dynamics. Copyright 1999 European Federation of Chapters of the International
Association for the Study of Pain.
Functional anatomy of hypnotic analgesia: a PET study of patients with
fibromyalgia. Wik G, Fischer H, Bragee B, Finer B, Fredrikson M, Department of
Clinical Neurosciences, Karolinska Institute and Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden Eur
J Pain. 1999 Mar;3(1):7-12.
Hypnosis Useful in Hospital Emergency Rooms
Hypnosis can be a useful adjunct in the emergency department setting. Its
efficacy in various clinical applications has been replicated in controlled
studies. Application to burns, pain, pediatric procedures, surgery, psychiatric
presentations (e.g., coma, somatoform disorder, anxiety, and post traumatic
stress), and obstetric situations (e.g., hyperemesis, labor, and delivery) are
described.
Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2000 May;18(2):327-38, x. The
use of hypnosis in emergency medicine. Peebles-Kleiger MJ, Menninger
School of Psychiatry and Mental Health Sciences, Menninger Clinic, Topeka, KS,
USA. peeblemj@menninger.edu
Significantly More Methadone Addicts Quit with Hypnosis. 94% Remained
Narcotic Free
Significant differences were found on all measures. The experimental group
had significantly less discomfort and illicit drug use, and a significantly
greater amount of cessation. At six month follow up, 94% of the subjects in the
experimental group who had achieved cessation remained narcotic free.
A comparative study of hypnotherapy and psychotherapy in the treatment of
methadone addicts. Manganiello AJ, American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 1984;
26(4): 273-9.
Hypnosis Shows 77 Percent Success Rate for Drug Addiction
Treatment has been used with 18 clients over the last 7 years and has shown a
77 percent success rate for at least a 1-year follow-up. 15 were being seen for
alcoholism or alcohol abuse, 2 clients were being seen for cocaine addiction,
and 1 client had a marijuana addiction
Intensive Therapy: Utilizing
Hypnosis in the Treatment of Substance Abuse Disorders. Potter, Greg,
American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, Jul 2004.
Raised Self-esteem & Serenity. Lowered Impulsivity and Anger
In a research study on self-hypnosis for relapse prevention training with
chronic drug/alcohol users. Participants were 261 veterans admitted to Substance
Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Programs (SARRTPs). individuals who
used repeated self-hypnosis “at least 3 to 5 times a week,” at 7-week follow-up,
reported the highest levels of self-esteem and serenity, and the least
anger/impulsivity, in comparison to the minimal-practice and control groups.
American Journal of Clinical Hypnotherapy (a publication of the
American Psychological Association) 2004 Apr;46(4):281-97)
Hypnosis For Cocaine Addiction Documented Case Study
Hypnosis was successfully used to overcome a $500 (five grams) per day
cocaine addiction. The subject was a female in her twenties. After approximately
8 months of addiction, she decided to use hypnosis in an attempt to overcome
the addiction itself. Over the next 4 months, she used hypnosis three times a
day and at the end of this period, her addiction was broken, and she has been
drug free for the past 9 years. Hypnosis was the only intervention, and no
support network of any kind was available.
The use of hypnosis in cocaine
addiction. Page RA, Handley GW, Ohio State University, Lima, OH USA
45804. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 1993 Oct;36(2):120-3.
Healed 41% faster from fracture
Healed significantly faster from surgery
Two studies from Harvard Medical School show hypnosis significantly reduces
the time it takes to heal.
Study One: Six weeks after an ankle fracture, those in the
hypnosis group showed the equivalent of eight and a half weeks of healing.
Study Two: Three groups of people studied after breast
reduction surgery. Hypnosis group healed “significantly faster” than supportive
attention group and control group.
Harvard Medical School, Carol Ginandes and Union Institute in Cincinnati,
Patricia Brooks, Harvard University Gazette Online at http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2003/05.08/01-hypnosis.html.