Hypnosis - Research News and Information

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Randomized trial of a hypnosis intervention for treatment of hot flashes among breast cancer survivors.

20 Sep 2008 PURPOSE: Hot flashes are a significant problem for many breast cancer survivors. Hot flashes can cause discomfort, disrupted sleep, anxiety, and decreased quality of life. A well-tolerated and effective mind-body treatment for hot flashes would be ... Read more...

Practical hypnotic interventions during invasive cancer diagnosis and treatment.

30 Jul 2008 Novel advances in biotechnology and medical imaging techniques have enabled an evolution toward earlier diagnosis and treatment by way of "minimally invasive" surgical techniques performed on the conscious patient without the use of general ... Read more...

William Gregory (1803-58): Professor of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh and enthusiast for phrenology and mesmerism.

30 Jul 2008 William Gregory was descended from a long line of academics. Although he graduated in medicine, he had earlier determined on a career in Chemistry but more particularly to succeed Professor Thomas Charles Hope in the Edinburgh Chair in that ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Hypnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Functional dyspepsia: At least recommend hypnotherapy. 4 Oct 2008
• Breast cancer survivors and hot flashes: the search for nonhormonal treatments. 20 Sep 2008
• Randomized trial of a hypnosis intervention for treatment of hot flashes among breast cancer survivors. 20 Sep 2008
• Practical hypnotic interventions during invasive cancer diagnosis and treatment. 30 Jul 2008
• William Gregory (1803-58): Professor of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh and enthusiast for phrenology and mesmerism. 30 Jul 2008
• Hypnotherapy for sleep disorders. 30 Jul 2008
• [Group hypnosis treatment of drug addicts] 30 Jul 2008
• Meditation with yoga, group therapy with hypnosis, and psychoeducation for long-term depressed mood: a randomized pilot trial. 29 Jun 2008
• 50th anniversary of the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis. 29 Jun 2008
• 50 years of hypnosis in medicine and clinical health psychology: a synthesis of cultural crosscurrents. 29 Jun 2008
• What we can do with hypnosis: a brief note. 29 Jun 2008
• The early days: remembering William S. Kroger, M.D. 29 Jun 2008
• The (dramatic) process of psychotherapy. 29 Jun 2008
• Hypnosis, hypnotizability and treatment. 29 Jun 2008
• Death and hypnosis: two remarkable cases. 29 Jun 2008
• Hypnotherapy in child psychiatry: the state of the art. 29 Jun 2008
• Methods of reducing discomfort during colonoscopy. 30 May 2008
• [Psychotherapy in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome] 30 May 2008
• Paradoxical experience of hypnotic analgesia in low hypnotizable fibromyalgic patients. 30 May 2008
• The effect of hypnosis on systemic and rectal mucosal measures of inflammation in ulcerative colitis. 26 May 2008

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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