American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis back issues from October 2003:
Mind control of menopause
Oct 01, 2003; ... Younus, J., Simpson, I., Collins, A., & Wang, X. (2003). Mind control of menopause. Womens Health Issues, 13(2), 74-78. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of hypnosis on hot flashes (HF), overall quality of life, and fatigue in symptomatic menopausal patients. Ten ...
The effects of hypnosis on emotional responses of depressed students in frustrating situations
Oct 01, 2003; ... Suzuki, T. (2003). Shinrigaku Kenkyu, 73(6), 457-463. The effects of hypnosis on emotional responses of depressed students in frustrating situations. This study, in a Japanese journal, examined the effects of hypnosis on aggression and depression in depressed undergraduate students. Six ...
Hypnosis and clinical pain
Oct 01, 2003; ... Patterson, D. R., & Jensen, M. P. (2003). Hypnosis and clinical pain. Psychological Bulletin, 129(4), 495-521. Hypnosis has been demonstrated to reduce pain, and studies on the mechanisms of laboratory pain reduction have provided useful applications to clinical populations. Studies showing ...
A randomized controlled clinical trial of a hypnosis-based treatment for patients with conversion disorder, motor type
Oct 01, 2003; ... Moene, F.C., Spinhoven, P., Hoogduin, R. A. L., & Van Dyck, R. (2003). A randomized controlled clinical trial of a hypnosis-based treatment for patients with conversion disorder, motor type. International Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis, 51(1), 29-50. This investigation ...
Gutfocused hypnotherapy normalizes disordered rectal sensitivity in patients with irritable bowel syndrome
Oct 01, 2003; ... Lea, R., Houghton, L. A., Calvert, E. L., Larder, S., Gonsalkorale, W. M., Whelan, V., Randles, J., Cooper, P., Cruickshanks, P., Miller, V., & Whorwell, P. J. (2003). Gutfocused hypnotherapy normalizes disordered rectal sensitivity in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Alimentary ...
ASCH standards of training in clinical hypnosis
Oct 01, 2003; ... Hammond, D. C., & Elkins, G. R. (2003). ASCH standards of training in clinical hypnosis. Japanese Journal of Clinical ...
Romanian norms for the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility, Form A
Oct 01, 2003; ... David, D., Montgomery, G., & Holdevici, I. (2003). Romanian norms for the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility, Form A. International Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis, 51(1), 66-76. Presents norms on a Romanian language version of the HGSHS: A, which are compared ...
Delusions of alien control in the normal brain
Oct 01, 2003; ... Blakemore, S. J., Oakley, D. a., Frith, C. D. (2003). Delusions of alien control in the normal brain. Neuropsychologia, 41(8), 1058-1067. Delusions of alien control, or passivity experiences, are schizophrenic type symptoms in which patients misattribute self-generated actions to an external ...
Ego State Therapy
Oct 01, 2003; ... Ego State Therapy. Gordon Emmerson, Ph.D. Carmarthen, Wales: Crown House Publishing, Ltd. (2003). 212 pages, $37.95. Reviewed by: Claire Frederick, M.D., Harvard Medical School. Emmerson's Ego State Therapy is the first book devoted to basic applications of Ego State Therapy to appear ...
Coyote Speaks: Creative Strategies for Psychotherapists Treating Alcoholics and Addicts
Oct 01, 2003; ... Coyote Speaks: Creative Strategies for Psychotherapists Treating Alcoholics and Addicts. Jacques Rutzky, M.A., M.F.C.C. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson Inc. (1998). 236 pages, $40.00. Reviewed by: Eric Greenleaf, Ph.D., Director, Milton H. Erickson Institute of the Bay Area. Jacques Rutzky ...
Perceptually oriented hypnosis
Oct 01, 2003; ... Woodard, F. J. (2003). Perceptually oriented hypnosis. Psychological Reports, 92(2), 515-528. This theoretically oriented article explores postulates associated with perceptual frame of reference for understanding hypnotic experiencing. He contends Perceptual Psychology, a theory first ...
Metaphoria: Metaphor and Guided Metaphor for Psychotherapy and Healing
Oct 01, 2003; ... Associate Editor: Maggie Phillips This issue continues a focus that began in the last publication of the journal on various applications of hypnosis within the realm of psychotherapy. The selection of books included here span general uses of imagery, metaphor, and myth to guides ...
The science of meditation and the state of hypnosis
Oct 01, 2003; ... Two aspects of Buddhist meditation-concentration and mindfulness-are discussed in relationship to hypnosis. Mindfulness training facilitates the investigation of subjective responses to hypnosis. Concentration practice leads to altered states similar to those in hypnosis, both phenomenologically ...
Psychogenic pain: A study using multidimensional scaling
Oct 01, 2003; ... Whalley, M. G., & Oakley, D. A. (2003). Psychogenic pain: A study using multidimensional scaling. Contemporary Hypnosis, 20(1), 16-24. Eleven highly hypnotizable subjects were given hypnotic suggestions designed to induce sensations of pain, and the suggestions produced the intended effect ...
Complementary and alternative therapies for pain management of labour
Oct 01, 2003; ... Smith, C. A., Collines, C. T., Cyna, A. M., & Crowther, C. A. (2003). Complementary and alternative therapies for pain management of labour. Cochrane Database Systematic Review, 2, CD003521. Many women would like to avoid pharmacological or invasive methods of pain management in obstetrical ...
In memoriam Norman Alperin, D.D.S., ABHD (1922-2002)
Oct 01, 2003; ... On December 21, 2002 Norman S. Alperin, D.D.S., died from complications of esophageal cancer at the Hillcrest Hospital in Aurora, Illinois. Dr. Alperin was a graduate of the Cleveland Heights High School. In World War II he served as a medic in the Army Air Forces at the Walter Reed Hospital. He ...
Analgesia following music and therapeutic suggestions in the PACU in ambulatory surgery: A randomized controlled trial
Oct 01, 2003; ... Nilsson, U., Rawal, N., Enqvist, B., & Unosson, M. (2003). Analgesia following music and therapeutic suggestions in the PACU in ambulatory surgery: A randomized controlled trial. Acta Anaesthesiology Scandanavia, 47(3), 278-283. This study was designed to determine whether music (M), or ...
Hypnosis and performance standards
Oct 01, 2003; ... Lynn, S.J., Green, J. P., Jaquith, L., & Gasior, D. (2003). Hypnosis and performance standards. International Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis, 51(1), 51-65. Subjects received 1 of 3 instructional sets designed to manipulate their performance standards (i.e., criteria used to ...
Mood changes after self-hypnosis and Johrei prior to exams
Oct 01, 2003; ... Laidlaw, T. M., Naito, A., Dwivedi, P., Enzor, N. A., Brincat, C. E., & Gruzelier, J. H. (2003). Mood changes after self-hypnosis and Johrei prior to exams. Contemporary Hypnosis, 20(1), 25-40. Prior to examinations, 48 college students were randomly assigned to either 4 weeks of training in ...
Rapid hypnotic inductions and therapeutic suggestion in the dental setting
Oct 01, 2003; ... Finkelstein, S. (2003). Rapid hypnotic inductions and therapeutic suggestion in the dental setting. International Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis, 51(1), 77-85. Outlines ideas for rapid utilization of hypnosis in dentistry and provides examples ...
"Magician": The use of sustained simile in the alleviation of serious behavioural disturbance and acute dyslexia in a 7-year-old boy
Oct 01, 2003; ... Callow, G. (2003). "Magician": The use of sustained simile in the alleviation of serious behavioural disturbance and acute dyslexia in a 7-year-old boy. Contemporary Hypnosis, 20(1), 40-47. A case report of a seven year old boy with severe dyslexia and severe behavioral difficulties, who had ...
Candor, Connection, and Enterprise in Adolescent Therapy
Oct 01, 2003; ... Although obviously strong on practicality, I yearned for the information to be set within a theoretical context. One heading in the book contains the phrase "developmental imperative" and I felt the book could have contained more references to a specific model of development. In fairness, this ...
Tools for Transforming Trauma
Oct 01, 2003; ... Tools for Transforming Trauma. Robert Schwarz. New York: Brunner-Routledge (2002). xii + 260 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by: Rick Voit, Ph.D., Brunswick, ME In reading through his biography, we learn that the author, Dr. Robert Schwarz, has led an illustrious clinical and teaching career, ...
The Problem of Evil: Disturbance and Its Resolution in Modern Psychotherapy
Oct 01, 2003; ... The Problem of Evil: Disturbance and Its Resolution in Modern Psychotherapy. Eric Greenleaf. Phoenix, AZ: Zeig, Tucker, & Thiesen, Inc.(2000). xviii + 298 pages, $36.95. Reviewed by: Harriet E. Hollander Ph.D., Princeton, NJ. This is a remarkable and original book about therapeutic ...
Hypnotic susceptibility as a predictor of participation in student activities
Oct 01, 2003; ... In this study, Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility: Form A scores for 458 college students were compared with college yearbook records of their participation in student activities. Students who scored low in susceptibility showed significantly less participation in activities than ...
Eastern meditative techniques and hypnosis: A new synthesis
Oct 01, 2003; ... In this article major ancient Buddhist meditation techniques, samatha, vipassana, Zen, and ton-len, will be described in reference to contemporary clinical hypnosis. In so doing, the Eastern healing framework out of which these techniques emerged is examined in comparison with and in contrast to ...
Hypnotic suggestibility and academic achievement: A preliminary study
Oct 01, 2003; ... West, V. (2003). Hypnotic suggestibility and academic achievement: A preliminary study. Contemporary Hypnosis, 20(1), 48-52. This is a correlational study looking at the relationship between hypnotic suggestibility and academic achievement. Fifty-eight undergraduate students were administered ...
Neural circuitry underlying pain modulation, expectation, hypnosis, placebo
Oct 01, 2003; ... Ploghaus, A., Becerra, L., Borras, C., & Borsook, D. (2003). Neural circuitry underlying pain modulation, expectation, hypnosis, placebo. Trends in Cognitive Science, 7(5), 197-200. The ability to predict the likelihood of an aversive event is considered an important adaptive capacity ....
The production of hypnotic time-distortion: Determining the necessary conditions
Oct 01, 2003; ... Naish, P. L. N. (2003). The production of hypnotic time-distortion: Determining the necessary conditions. Contemporary Hypnosis, 20(1), 3-15. The author made an attempt to identify the components of the hypnotic experience that give rise to time distortion effects. He describes a series of ...
In memoriam Harold P. Golan, D.M.D (1920-2003)
Oct 01, 2003; ... Harold P. Golan, D.M.D., was born on September 20, 1920, the first child of first-generation immigrant parents in Dorchester, Massachusetts. At Boston Latin School, Dr. Golan became a well-rounded classical scholar and grew to love the power, sound, and elegance of the English language. At the ...
Children who speak of past-life experiences: Is there a psychological explanation?
Oct 01, 2003; ... Haroldsson, E. (2003). Children who speak of past-life experiences: Is there a psychological explanation? Psychology & Psychotherapy, 76(Pt 1), 55-67. Children who claim to remember fragments of a past life are found in some countries. Various explanations have been proposed as to why the ...
Clinical hypnosis in the alleviation of procedure-related pain in pediatric oncology patients
Oct 01, 2003; ... Liossi, C., & Hatira, P. (2003). Clinical hypnosis in the alleviation of procedure-related pain in pediatric oncology patients. International Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis, 51(1), 4-28. This paper reports on a prospective controlled trial of the efficacy of a manualized ...
Functional neuroanatomy of altered states of consciousness: The transient hypofrontality hypothesis
Oct 01, 2003; ... Dietrich, A. (2003). Functional neuroanatomy of altered states of consciousness: The transient hypofrontality hypothesis. Consciousness & Cognition, 12(2), 231-256. The central hypothesis of this paper is that the mental states commonly referred to as altered states of consciousness are ...
Seeing is believing: The reality of hypnotic hallucinations
Oct 01, 2003; ... Bryant, R. A., & Mallard, D. (2003). Seeing is believing: The reality of hypnotic hallucinations. Consciousness & Cognition, 12(2), 219-230. Two experiments investigated the reality attributed to hypnotic suggestion through subtle projection of a visual image during simultaneous ...
Energy Psychology and EMDR: Combining Forces to Optimize Treatment
Oct 01, 2003; ... Energy Psychology and EMDR: Combining Forces to Optimize Treatment. John G. Hartung, Psy.D., and Michael D. Galvin, Ph.D. New York: W.W. Norton (2003). xxiii + 325 pages, $35.00. Reviewed by: Philip L. Accaria, Ph.D., Upper Montclair, NJ. As a clinician, have you ever wondered if there ...
Adventures in human understanding: Stories for exploring the self
Oct 01, 2003; ... Adventures in human understanding: Stories for exploring the self. John G. Watkins. Carmarthen, Wales: Crown House Publishing Limited (2001). ix + 227 pages, $24.95. Reviewed by: Shirley A. McNeal, Ph.D., San Francisco, CA. Adventures in Human Understanding is a collection of vignettes, ...
Grendel and His Mother: Healing the Traumas of Childhood through Dreams, Imagery and Hypnosis
Oct 01, 2003; ... Grendel and His Mother: Healing the Traumas of Childhood through Dreams, Imagery and Hypnosis. Nicholas E. Brink, Ph.D. Amityville, NY: Baywood Publishing Company, Inc. (2002). 180 pages, $42.95. Reviewed by: Jane A. Parsons-Fein, CSW, BCD, DAHB, New York, NY. The subtitle of this book ...
Hypnosis as a vehicle for choice and self-agency in the treatment of children with Trichotillomania
Oct 01, 2003; ... Three pediatric cases of Trichotillomania were treated with direct hypnotic suggestion with exclusive emphasis on sensitizing and alerting the patients to impending scalp hair pulling behaviors. These children had presented with total lack of awareness of their scalp hair pulling behaviors until ...
Editorial
Oct 01, 2003; ... This issue of the Journal opened with In Memoria for two of our members. Our organization is sufficiently large that I did not have the opportunity to meet one of them, Dr. Alperin, although I wish I had. We shared a love for horses and riding I have learned. Harold Golan, D.M.D., was another ...