Pain relief
“the average participant receiving hypnosis reduced pain more than about 73% of control participants… hypnosis is a very efficacious intervention for alleviating clinical pain.”
“Of 523 records screened… the average participant receiving hypnosis reduced pain more than about 73% of control participants… hypnosis is a very efficacious intervention for alleviating clinical pain.”
Post-injury amnesia
“27 patients had a medium-sized improvement relative to 22 active controls and a very large improvement relative to 19 passive controls… Both groups reached a performance level at or above the healthy population mean”
“27 patients had a medium-sized improvement relative to 22 active controls and a very large improvement relative to 19 passive controls… Both groups reached a performance level at or above the healthy population mean”
Wound healing
“post-surgical observation… the hypnosis group [was] significantly more healed than the usual care controls”
“post-surgical observation… the hypnosis group [was] significantly more healed than the usual care controls”
General medical
“Medical hypnosis offers physicians the ability to effect beneficial change even in difficult cases. Often this change occurs quickly, and sometimes it appears in unexpectedly beneficial ways.”
“Medical hypnosis offers physicians the ability to effect beneficial change even in difficult cases. Often this change occurs quickly, and sometimes it appears in unexpectedly beneficial ways.”
Other conditions
• reduces drugs and hospital time
• improves asthma
• 58% success rate for IBS
• 50% headache reduction
• reduces drugs and hospital time
• improves asthma
• 58% success rate for IBS
• 50% headache reduction