Issue 118 BUTLER and colleagues, Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5718, USA, butler@psych.stanford.edu, have found that hypnosis reduces the duration and the distress of an invasive medical procedure for children.... more ROBERTS, Innerchange Counseling, 757 Sand Lake Rd., Onalaska, WI 54650, USA, innerchg@cs.com, has written about hypnotherapy and Haiku.
Abstract: This article illustrates how effective hypnotic communication closely resembles the Haiku form. Working wit... more STEWART, Department of Internal Medicine and Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Fla 32224, USA, stewart.james@mayo.edu, has reviewed (144 references) hypnosis in contemporary medicine.
Abstract: Hypnosis... more TAN and others, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA, tan.gabriel@med.va.gov, have reviewed (57 references) hypnosis and irritable bowel syndrome.
Abstract: Despite its prevalence, there remains a sign... more Issue 101 ANBAR and HALL, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA, Anbar@mail.upstate.edu, report on childhood habit cough treated with self-hypnosis.... more Issue 96 THOMSON, University of Vermont, USA, Linda.Thomson@Hitchcock.org, has described a project to change the attitudes, beliefs, and practices of health professionals with respect to hypnosis.... more Issue 95 ZIMMERMAN, Gastroenterology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, 91 120 Israel, zimmerj@vms.huji.ac.il, compares the treatment of irritable bowels to the cleaning up of a river.
Abstract: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is characterized by abdominal... more Issue 89 CROFT and co-workers, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience and Behaviour, Imperial College London, Medical Faculty, St Dunstan’s Road, London W6 8RF, UK, write about pain perception, hypnosis and 40 Hz oscillations.... more Issue 87 CALVERT and colleagues, Department of Medicine, Wythenshawe Hospital, Southmoor Road, Manchester, U.K., show long-term improvement of functional dyspepsia using hypnotherapy.... more KETTERHAGEN et al., Women’s Health Center, Waukesha Memorial Hospital, Waukesha, WI 53188, USA, debra.ketterhagen@phci.org, propose self-hypnosis as an alternative anaesthesia for childbirth.... more PALSSON and co-workers, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7080, USA, investigated the mechanism of action of hypnotherapy in the treatment of IBS and its effects on symptoms.... more Issue 86 HOUGHTON et al., Department of Medicine, University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester M20 2LR, UK, lahoughton@man.ac.uk, studied visceral sensation and emotion using hypnosis .... more Issue 83 RAY et al., Department of Psychology, Penn State University, University Park, PA16802, USA, E: wjr@psu.edu, describe high resolution EEG indicators of pain responses in relation to hypnotic susceptibility and suggestion .... more SOLOMON and JOHNSON, Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA, reviewed (17 references) outcome research of psychosocial treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder .... more Issue 74 KIECOLT-GLASER and colleagues, Department of Psychiatry, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus 43210, USA, kiecolt-glaser.1@osu.edu, analysed the effects of hypnotic-relaxation training on cellular immune function during a stressful event .... more MUEHLBERGER and colleagues, Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tuebingen, Germany, evaluated the effects of repeated exposure to virtual reality (VR) flights on subjects with flight phobia .... more Issue 71 GRUZELIER and colleagues, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience and Behaviour, Imperial College Medical School, St. Dunstan's Road, London W6 8RF, UK, j.gruzelier@ic.ac.uk, evaluated the effects of self-hypnosis training on immune function and mood in medic... more TRAVIS, Psychology Department, Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, IA 52557, USA, compared electroencephalogram (EEG) and autonomic patterns during transcending to 'other' experiences during Transcendental Meditation (TM) practice .... more Issue 70 HEWSON-BOWER and DRUMMOND, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia, bhewsonb@central.murdoch.edu.au, investigated the effects of stress management and relaxation with guided imagery on upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) in ch... more WILLIAMS and GRUZELIER, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, London, UK and Psychology Group, School of Health and Social Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, CV1 5FB, UK, john.williams@coventry.ac.uk, investigated the associations of a... more Issue 68 GILLANI and SMITH, Roosevelt University Stress Institute, Chicago, IL 60605, USA, attempted to rigorously map the psychological effects of Zen meditation among experienced practitioners.... more Issue 65 BRAFFMAN and KIRSCH, Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269-1020, USA investigated hypnotic and nonhypnotic suggestibility in two experiments.... more TRAVIS and PEARSON, Psychology Department, Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, IA 52557, USA explored subjective reports and physiological correlates of the experience of 'consciousness itself' – self awareness isolated from the processes and ob... more VIDAKOVIC VUKIC, Sint Lucas Ziekenhuis, Department of Internal Medicine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands investigated hypnotherapy in the treatment of patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) .... more Issue 63 EIMER, Alternative Behavior Associates, Philadelphia, PA 19115, USA, brucecbt@philly.infi.net reviews (77 references) four specific applications of hypnosis that can enhance psychotherapy for pain management .... more KALT, (No information re. affiliation/institution) reviewed (40 references) a number of key experiments and case studies relating to psychoneuroimmunology .... more KOSSLYN and colleagues, Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA, smk@wjh.harvard.edu investigated whether hypnosis can modulate (modify ) colour perception .... more Rayman, Centre for Nutrition and Food Safety, School of Biological Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. discussed the importance of selenium to human health .... more | Issue 63 cont'd SIMON and LEWIS, Department of Psychology, Multi-Disciplinary Pain Clinic, Tripler Regional Medical Center, University of Hawaii, Hawaii, USA, EricSimon@yahoo.com examined the effectiveness of medical hypnosis in reducing the pain symptoms of temporomandib... more TOOLEY and colleagues, School of Psychology, La Trobe University, Victoria, Bundoora, Australia, investigated whether a period of meditation could influence plasma melatonin levels.... more Issue 57 GREEN and LYNN, Ohio State University, Lima 45804, USA have reviewed (96 references) the evidence for hypnosis and suggestion-based approaches to smoking cessation.... more LYNN and colleagues, Psychology Department, State University of New York at Binghamton 13902, USA, have reviewed the evidence for hypnosis as an empirically supported clinical intervention.... more MONTGOMERY, DUHAMEL and REDD, Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA. guy.montgomery@mssm.edu investigated the effectiveness of hypnotically induced analgesia.... more PINNELL and COVINO, Arizona School of Professional Psychology, USA have reviewed the use of hypnosis in medicine.... more Issue 54 ANTONI and colleagues, Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33124 USA. mantoni@umiami.ir.miami.edu studied the effects of a multimodal cognitive-behavioural stress management (CBSM) intervention upon mood, stress, and immune... more BARBER, Research Institute, Ashland MA 01721 USA reviews (165 references) the literature regarding clinical hypnosis.... more LYNN and SHERMAN, Psychology Department, State University of New York at Binghamton 13902 USA reviews (90 references) and documents the contributions and clinical relevance of influential sociocognitive models of hypnosis.... more SHENEFELT, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612 USA. pshenefe@hsc.usf.edu writes that hypnosis has been used since ancient times to treat medical and dermatological (skin) problems. The authors revi... more Issue 43 POTTS and colleagues, University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital UK used a psychological treatment regime to treat patients with chest pain despite normal cardiac measures .... more BUCHSER, (No affiliation provided) conducted a controlled clinical trial to evaluate hypnosis and self-hypnosis as an adjuvant treatment for the instrumental and pharmacological management of chronic pain .... more GYSIN, (No affiliation provided) writes that chronic and episodic headaches in children and adolescents are a common problem, and that the growing resistance against the frequent use of drugs is quite justified. The author conducted a study in order to sea... more Issue 42 ROBINSON and colleagues, Catholic Health Partners, Chicago, IL USA write that psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) is the study of the interrelationships among behaviour, neural and endocrine function and the immune system, and studies the relationships among stre... more GINANDES and ROSENTHAL, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, USA write that hypnosis has been applied to many medical interventions for functional and psychological improvements, but that it has not been adequately tested for anatomical healin... more ISERSON, Arizona Bioethics Programs and Section of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson 85718 USA writes that hypnosis can diminish pain and anxiety for many emergency patients during examinations and procedures. Although h... more LEAHY and colleagues, Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Free Hospital London studied the effectiveness of a computer biofeedback game designed to teach deep relaxation for patients with irritable bowel syndrome .... more Issue 24 ASHTON and colleagues, Department of Surgery, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York NY USA conducted a study to evaluate the effects of self-hypnosis and its role in coronary artery bypass surgery . The authors hypothesised th... more MEURISSE and colleagues, Service de Chirurgie des Glandes Endocrines et Transplantation, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liege, Belgium performed 108 thyroidectomies (97 partial or unilateral and 11 bilateral) and 13 cervical explorations for hyperpara... more SCHREIBER, Rowan College of New Jersey USA studied whether group hypnosis would improve college students’ examination grades.... more Issue 20 FIELD and colleagues, Touch Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida USA studied the use of massage for anxiety and alertness.... more JOHNSON and KARKUT write that studies of hypnotic, covert and overt aversive techniques have yielded equivocal results regarding effect upon weight loss and examined the use of combinations of techniques.... more MOORE and WIESNER, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland California USA studied the effectiveness of behaviourally-induced vasodilation – hypnosis incorporating biofeedback and autogenics – for the treatment of upper extremity repetitive strain injuries (RS... more SCHULZ-STUBNER, Klinik fur Anasthesiologie und Intensivmedizin des Kreiskrankenhauses Grevenbroich Germany write that hypnosis can be an alternative to cerebral sedatives, especially in high-risk and fearful patients, with no side effects for sedation duri... more SOMMERS-FLANAGAN and SOMMERS-FLANAGAN, University of Montana, School of Education, Missoula USA describe a general approach called Wizard of Oz hypnotherapy.... more STENSTROM and colleagues, Department of Rheumatology, Malarsjukhuset, Eskilstuna, Sweden compared dynamic training versus muscle relaxation for patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases.... more YUNG and KELTNER, Department of Health Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong compared the efficacy of muscle versus cognitive relaxation procedures to reduce blood pressure.... more |
