Hypnosis
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Strength of prefrontal activation predicts intensity of suggestion-induced pain.

30 Aug 2009 Suggestion, a powerful factor in everyday social interaction, is most effective during hypnosis. Subjective evaluations and brain-imaging findings converge to propose that hypnotic suggestion strongly modulates sensory processing. To reveal the ... Read more...

Women's views regarding hypnosis for the control of surgical pain in the context of a randomized clinical trial.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess women's satisfaction with a hypnotic intervention for anxiety and pain management during a pregnancy-terminating procedure. METHODS: Women (N = 350) scheduled for first-trimester surgical abortion were ... Read more...

[Beliefs and attitudes toward hypnosis of Spanish psychologists]

30 Jul 2009 The aims of this study are to analyze Spanish psychologists' beliefs and attitudes toward hypnosis and to examine the responses obtained in different branches of the Spanish Psychological Association. The results will be useful for this Association ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Hypnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Placebo controls, exorcisms, and the devil. 8 Oct 2009
• Strength of prefrontal activation predicts intensity of suggestion-induced pain. 30 Aug 2009
• Women's views regarding hypnosis for the control of surgical pain in the context of a randomized clinical trial. 30 Aug 2009
• [The fabric of Saint Morpheus, a partner in taking care of sleep problems] 30 Aug 2009
• [Beliefs and attitudes toward hypnosis of Spanish psychologists] 30 Jul 2009
• A unique hypnotherapeutic approach to interstitial cystitis: a case report. 30 Jul 2009
• Psychogenic movement disorders. 30 Jul 2009
• Crime, hysteria and belle époque hypnotism: the path traced by Jean-Martin Charcot and Georges Gilles de la Tourette. 9 Jul 2009
• Incorporating hypnosis into midwifery. 29 Jun 2009
• A comment on an alleged association between hypnosis and death: two remarkable cases. 29 Jun 2009
• The hypnotic diagnostic interview for hysterical disorders, pediatric form. 29 Jun 2009
• A spiritual-hypnosis assisted treatment of children with PTSD after the 2002 Bali terrorist attack. 29 Jun 2009
• The effect of pregnancy on hypnotizability. 29 Jun 2009
• A new mind-body approach for a total healing of fibromyalgia: a case report. 29 Jun 2009
• A benchmarked feasibility study of a self-hypnosis treatment for depression in primary care. 29 Jun 2009
• Hypnotherapy for functional gastrointestinal disorders: a review. 29 Jun 2009
• Experimental production of past-life memories in hypnosis. 29 Jun 2009
• Effects of self-hypnosis training and EMG biofeedback relaxation training on chronic pain in persons with spinal-cord injury. 29 Jun 2009
• The brain under self-control: modulation of inhibitory and monitoring cortical networks during hypnotic paralysis. 23 Jun 2009
• [Approach to chronic pain by hypnosis: a general practitioner's experience] 15 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Hypnosis'

Definition: A state of increased receptivity to suggestion and direction, initially induced by the influence of another person.

Descriptor UI: D006990

Alternative terms: Hypnosis; Hypnoses; Mesmerism;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethics; history; instrumentation; methods; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: E02.190.525.217; F04.754.424;

Online Note: use HYPNOSIS to search MESMERISM 1966-78

History Note: MESMERISM was see under HYPNOSIS 1963-78

Technical Notes: human only; for animals use ANIMAL HYPNOSIS see IMMOBILITY RESPONSE, TONIC