by Peta Stapleton, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Thanks to films and cartoons, you probably have a lot of vague ideas about what hypnosis involves. What do you picture? Maybe a fob watch swinging back-and-forth, a therapist saying “you are getting verrrry sleepy”. But clinical hypnotherapy isn’t a creepy magic trick—it’s an evidence-based therapeutic technique psychologists can...
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Exploring what happens in the brain under the influence of psychedelics, while meditating and during hypnosis
by Ingrid Fadelli, Medical Xpress Psilocybin, LSD, hypnosis, and meditation each induce distinct changes in rs-fcMRI. Paired t-tests were conducted to compare intervention vs. control for each ASC intervention method: (A) psilocybin (N=23), (B) LSD (N=25), (C) hypnosis (N=30), and (D) meditation (N=29). (A-D) Center shows the cluster pairs that survived connection thresholding (p<0.05 TFCE...
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You’re not getting sleepy: Six myths and misconceptions about hypnosis from an expert
BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY IMAGE: HYPNOTISTS DON’T HAVE “SPECIAL POWERS” THAT ALLOW THEM TO HYPNOTIZE ANYONE, ACCORDING TO BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY PSYCHOLOGY STEVEN JAY LYNN. CREDIT: “HYPNOTISM” BY PIXEL ADDICT IS LICENSED UNDER CC BY 2.0. HTTPS://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/83183993@N00/475384098 BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — A strange mystic swings a pocket watch back and forth, repeating the phrase “You’re getting sleepy, very sleepy,” giving them...
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Hypnosis, meditation are viable alternatives for pain relief
Adults who pursued pain relief through mindfulness-focused meditation and hypnosis had better long-term effects than those who received education in pain management, according to one of the largest studies of its kind on nonpharmaceutical pain control and relief. The findings of this joint UW Medicine/Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System study were published in the medical journal Pain. The researchers tested the...
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Mindfulness combined with hypnotherapy aids highly stressed people, study finds
by Terry Goodrich, Baylor University A new treatment for stress which combines mindfulness with hypnotherapy has shown positive results in a Baylor University pilot study. The intervention is called “mindful hypnotherapy.” “Mindfulness is a type of meditation that involves focusing attention on present moment awareness. It can help people cope with stress, but can require...
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Hypnosis to tackle painkiller crisis
New research shows that hypnosis can reduce pain by up to 42% and may offer a genuine alternative to painkillers. A project led by psychologist Dr. Trevor Thompson of the University of Greenwich found that hypnosis is more effective with people who are especially amenable to suggestion. But it also found that those who are moderately suggestible – essentially...
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Hypnosis may help reduce distress of cancer treatment in children
June 19, 2018, University of Exeter Hypnosis could help to reduce the fear of medical procedures in children and young people with cancer. New research led by the University of Exeter found promising evidence that hypnosis can reduce the distress associated with injections and other needle procedures, such as extracting bone marrow and giving chemotherapy. Previous...
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Hypnosis: What is it, and does it work?
Hypnosis has been treading the line between quackery and therapy since around the 18th century, but recently it has been picking up steam as an alternative treatment for many disorders. What is hypnosis, does it work, and if so, how? We investigate. Is hypnosis real? If so, what does it actually do? Since the 18th...