American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis back issues from January 2005:
Hypnosis and Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Review of Efficacy and Mechanism of Action
Jan 01, 2005; ... Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional gastrointestinal disorder characterized by abdominal pain, distension, and an altered bowel habit for which no cause can be found. Despite its prevalence, there remains a significant lack of efficacious medical treatments for IBS to date. In this ...
The Present Moment in Psychotherapy and Everyday Life (2004)
Jan 01, 2005; ... The Present Moment in Psychotherapy and Everyday Life (2004). Daniel N. Stern. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 283 pages. Reviewed by: Joan Murray-Jobsis, PhD, ABPP, ABPH, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The Present Moment in Psychotherapy and Everyday Life is part of The Norton ...
Three Failures of Direct Suggestion in Psychogenic Dermatitis Followed by Successful Intervention
Jan 01, 2005; ... Three adult cases of psychogenic dermatitis of atypical presentation were treated with direct suggestion under hypnosis (DSUH), which included suggestions for developing cooling, soothing and healing numbness in the affected areas. After a trial of 5 sessions over a period of 2 months, the ...
Nocturnal enuresis: behavioral treatments
Jan 01, 2005; ... Blum, N. J. (2004). Nocturnal enuresis: behavioral treatments. Urological Clinics of North America, 37(3):499-507. Nocturnal enuresis is a common problem. Physiologic and environmental factors are thought to have a role in the etiology and treatment of ...
Hypnosis for pain relief in labor and childbirth: A systematic review
Jan 01, 2005; ... Cyna, A.M., McAuliffe, G. L., & Andrew, M. I. (2004). Hypnosis for pain relief in labor and childbirth: A systematic review. British Journal of Anaesthesiology, 93(4):505-511. In view of widespread claims of efficacy, we examined the evidence regarding the effects of hypnosis for pain relief ...
Hypnosis and CBT with depression and anxiety
Jan 01, 2005; ... German, E. (2004) Hypnosis and CBT with depression and anxiety. Australian Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis, 32(1):71-85. This paper illustrates the use of hypnosis as an adjunct to cognitive behavior therapy in the treatment of a mixed depressive and anxiety reaction of a ...
Hypnosis for schizophrenia
Jan 01, 2005; ... Izquierdo, S. A., & Khan, M. (2004). Hypnosis for schizophrenia. Cochrane Database System Reviews, (3). Many people with schizophrenia continue to experience symptoms despite the use of conventional treatments. Alternative therapies such as hypnosis, in conjunction with conventional ...
Creating a virtual reality in hypnosis: A case of driving phobia
Jan 01, 2005; ... Kraft, T. & Kraft, D. (2004). Creating a virtual reality in hypnosis: A case of driving phobia. Contemporary Hypnosis, 27(2), 79-85. This is a case study of a 55-year-old married woman who had a severe driving phobia. She had been involved in an accident on the motorway but did not develop ...
The impact of stage hypnosis on audience members and participants
Jan 01, 2005; ... Mackillop, J., Lynn, S. J. & Meyer, E. (2004) The impact of stage hypnosis on audience members and participants. International Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis, 52(3), 313-329. Before and after a stage-hypnosis performance, 67 audience members and 6 participants completed the ...
Hypnotic deafness: A cross-paradigm analysis
Jan 01, 2005; ... Perlini, A. H., Johns, R. A., & Van Hoof, P. L. (2004). Hypnotic deafness: A cross-paradigm analysis. Contemporary Hypnosis, 21(2), 52-62. This study compared responses to a deafness suggestion among subjects administered one of three conditions: hypnosis and suggestion (i.e. reals), ...
Hypnosis with eczema
Jan 01, 2005; ... Raine, S. (2004). Hypnosis with eczema. Australian Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis, 32(1) 62-70. This case describes the use of hypnosis in the treatment of a case of eczema, associated with a range of psychological and ...
Psychological treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder: recommendations for the clinician based on a review of the literature
Jan 01, 2005; ... Robertson, M., Humphreys, L., & Ray, R. (2004). Psychological treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder: recommendations for the clinician based on a review of the literature. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 10(2),106-18. This article reviews available research data supporting the use of ...
Hypnosis: Applications for academically at-risk African-American high school students
Jan 01, 2005; ... Sapp, M. (2004). Hypnosis: Applications for academically at-risk African-American high school students. Sleep & Hypnosis, 6(2), 93-99. Hypnosis has applications for at-risk African American high school students. Sapp has presented extensive group and individual data on hypnotizability with ...
A systematic review of psychological therapies for nonulcer dyspepsia
Jan 01, 2005; ... Soo, S., Forman, D., Delaney, B. C., & Moayyedi, P. (2004). A systematic review of psychological therapies for nonulcer dyspepsia. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 99(9), 1817-22. We conducted a systematic review to determine the effectiveness of psychological interventions including ...
The Body's Story: A Case Report of Hypnosis and Physiological Narration of Trauma
Jan 01, 2005; ... Adult Posttraumatic Stress Disorder secondary to childhood sexual abuse is clinically complicated by its increasingly noted deficient linguistic recording of the abuse, perhaps partially explaining consequent difficulties with verbalizing in therapy. A single case illustrates that hypnotically ...
Hypnosis in the management of acute and persistent pain: Support from the recent literature
Jan 01, 2005; ... Svensson, P. W. (2004). Hypnosis in the management of acute and persistent pain: Support from the recent literature. Australian Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis, 32(1), 103-110. Despite conclusive evidence for the efficacy of clinical hypnosis in the management of both acute and ...
Utilizing Hypnosis and Ego-State Therapy to Facilitate Healthy Adaptive Differentiation in the Treatment of Sexual Disorders
Jan 01, 2005; ... Much of the literature focuses on the pathology that falls to the far right of the Watkins (1997) differentiation-dissociation continuum, such as Dissociative Identity Disorder and Dissociative Disorder NOS. Adding a "far left" to this continuum, as well as a construct of what the "far left" ...
A case of driving phobia treated with dissociative imagery
Jan 01, 2005; ... Williamson, A. (2004). A case of driving phobia treated with dissociative imagery. Contemporary Hypnosis, 21(2), 86-92. This is a case study of a woman who developed driving phobia following a traumatic incident two years previously while a ...
Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about clinical hypnosis
Jan 01, 2005; ... Barling, N. R. & De Lucchi, D. A. G. (2004).Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about clinical hypnosis. Australian Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis, 32(1): 36-52. This study investigated knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and motivation regarding clinical hypnosis. A comparison was ...
Haiku: Language, Communication, and Hypnosis
Jan 01, 2005; ... This article will illustrate how effective hypnotic communication closely resembles the Haiku form. Working with the Haiku form is an effective and dynamic approach that encourages the therapists to keep their awareness sharpened and observation astute. Haiku is not just a type of poetry; it is ...
Perception and modulation of pain in waking and hypnosis: functional significance of phase-ordered gamma oscillations
Jan 01, 2005; ... De Pascalis V., Cacace I., & Massicolle F. (2004). Perception and modulation of pain in waking and hypnosis: functional significance of phase-ordered gamma oscillations. Pain, 112(1-2), 27-36. Somatosensory event-related phase-ordered gamma oscillations (40-Hz) to electric painful standard ...
Dissociative processes, multiple personality, and dream functions
Jan 01, 2005; ... Bob, P. (2004). Dissociative processes, multiple personality, and dream functions. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 58(2): 139-49. From ancient times on, our dream processes were thought to be the uncovering of unknown connections. It may be that there is some basis to this belief and that ...
An empirical test of Woody and Bowers's dissociated-control theory of hypnosis
Jan 01, 2005; ... Jamieson, G. A. & Sheehan, P. W. (2004). An empirical test of Woody and Bowers's dissociated-control theory of hypnosis. International Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis, 52(3):232-249. Woody and Bowers's dissociated-control theory predicts impaired performance on tasks indexing ...
Increased anterior corpus callosum size associated positively with hypnotizability and the ability to control pain
Jan 01, 2005; ... Horton, J. E., Crawford, H. J., Harrington, G., & Downs J. H., III.(2004). Increased anterior corpus callosum size associated positively with hypnotizability and the ability to control pain. Brain, 127(Pt 8), 1741-7. This is the first MRI study to report differences in brain structure size ...
Hypnosis in the treatment of migraine
Jan 01, 2005; ... Kukuruzovic, R. (2004). Hypnosis in the treatment of migraine. Australian Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis, 32(1), 53-61. Hypnosis has been used extensively in the management of a range of ...
Toward a scientifically based understanding of Milton H. Erickson's strategies and tactics: Hypnosis, response sets and common factors in psychotherapy
Jan 01, 2005; ... Lynn, S. J. & Hallquist, M. N. (2004). Toward a scientifically based understanding of Milton H. Erickson's strategies and tactics: Hypnosis, response sets and common factors in psychotherapy. Contemporary Hypnosis, 21(2) 63-78. This article updates and extends earlier efforts to characterize ...
The impact of self-hypnosis and Johrei on lymphocyte subpopulations at exam time: A controlled study
Jan 01, 2005; ... Naito, A., Laidlaw, T. M., Henderson, D. C., Farahani, L., Dwivedi, P., Gruzelier, J. H. (2004). The impact of self-hypnosis and Johrei on lymphocyte subpopulations at exam time: A controlled study. Brain Research Bulletin, 62(3), 241-253. In a prospective randomized controlled trial, 48 ...
Can anecdotes add to an understanding of hypnosis?
Jan 01, 2005; ... Perry, C. (2004). Can anecdotes add to an understanding of hypnosis? International Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis, 52(3), 218-231. This paper emphasizes the importance of anecdotes, in conjunction with experimental data and careful clinical observation, for an understanding of ...
Case notes: Marital hypnotherapy
Jan 01, 2005; ... Rich, B. (2004). Case notes: Marital hypnotherapy. Australian Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis, 32(1), 111-125. The article presents two case notes involving psychological counseling. In the first case, a lady who has been living with her husband for the past 10 years is seriously ...
Hypnosis and smoking
Jan 01, 2005; ... Rosewarne, P. (2004). Hypnosis and smoking. Australian Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis, 32(1), 86-102. This study reports the use of hypnosis with a young woman who was seeking to resolve her smoking addiction. Early in treatment it became clear that she had unresolved grief, ...
Self-esteem, hypnosis, and ego-enhancement
Jan 01, 2005; ... Stafrace, S. P. (2004).Self-esteem, hypnosis, and ego-enhancement. Australian Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis, 32(1), 1-35. Self-esteem is a construct underlying many psychological and psychiatric theories. At the same time, despite its integral role in ...
Brief hypnotherapy of severe depression linked to sexual trauma: A case study
Jan 01, 2005; ... Smith, W. H. (2004). Brief hypnotherapy of severe depression linked to sexual trauma: A case study. International Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis, 52(3), 203-217. Traumatic events of many sorts result in the now familiar symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. Many accounts ...
Functional brain imaging and the induction of traumatic recall: A cross-correlational review between neuroimaging and hypnosis
Jan 01, 2005; ... Vermetten, E. & Bremmer, J. D. (2004). Functional brain imaging and the induction of traumatic recall: A cross-correlational review between neuroimaging and hypnosis. International Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis, 52(3), 280-312. The behavioral and psychophysiological ...