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Article: Standardized hypnosis treatment for irritable bowel syndrome: The North Carolina protocol
- Article from:
- American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
- Article date:
- April 1, 2006
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Palsson, O. S. (2006). Standardized hypnosis treatment for irritable bowel syndrome: The North Carolina protocol. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 54(1), 51-64. Dr. Palsson is well known for his development of a standardized treatment protocol for treating patients who have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) with hypnosis. Previous research has indicated a great deal of success in using hypnosis with IBS patients and Dr. Palsson's approach has also been found to be effective in empirical studies utilizing the North Carolina protocol. The North Carolina protocol for IBS utilizes a 7-session hypnosis-treatment method that has been entirely scripted to standardize and ...