Clinical Hypnosis, an Effective Mind-Body Modality for Adolescents with Behavioral and Physical Complaints.
Anju Sawni, Cora Collette Breuner
Children March 24, 2017 DOI: 10.3390/children4040019 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Interventions | Clinical hypnosis guided imagery mindfulness meditation yoga biofeedback |
| Topics | Anxiety Depression Meditation |
| Keywords | Adolescents Emotional regulation Guided imagery Headache Hypnosis Mind–body therapies Pain Stress |
| Key findings | Argues that clinical hypnosis is a valuable adjunct to conventional medical care for adolescents, teaching coping skills for conditions including chronic headaches, recurrent abdominal pain, anxiety, depression, grief, phobias, anger, family stressors, sleep disorders, and enuresis. The authors propose that hypnosis and related mind-body practices such as guided imagery, mindfulness meditation, yoga, and biofeedback share trance as a common mechanism and may be viewed as subtypes of the hypnotic experience. |
Abstract
Mind-body medicine is a system of health practices that includes meditation/relaxation training, guided imagery, hypnosis, biofeedback, yoga, art/music therapy, prayer, t'ai chi, and psychological therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy. Clinical hypnosis is an important mind-body tool that serves as an adjunct to conventional medical care for the adolescent patient. Clinical hypnosis specifically uses self-directed therapeutic suggestions to cultivate the imagination and facilitate the mind-body connection, leading to positive emotional and physical well-being. There are many similarities between clinical hypnosis and other mind-body/self-regulatory modalities such as visual imagery, mindfulness meditation, yoga, and biofeedback that incorporate experiential learning and mechanisms for change. They may be viewed as subtypes of the hypnotic experience and share the common experience of trance as the entrée into self-empowered change in physiologic and psychological states. Clinical hypnosis can be used by health care providers to teach adolescents coping skills to deal with a wide variety of conditions such as chronic headaches, recurrent abdominal pain, anxiety, depression, grief and bereavement, phobias, anger, family stressors, sleep disorders, or enuresis. Clinical vignettes are given to help illustrate the effectiveness of hypnosis in adolescents.
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