Impact on health status of a hypnosis clinic in general practice

Dobbin, Alastair; Faulkner, Steve; Heaney, David; Selvaraj, Sivasubramaniam and Gruzelier, John. 2006. Impact on health status of a hypnosis clinic in general practice. Contemporary Hypnosis, 21(4), pp. 153-160. ISSN 0960-5290 [Article]

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The impact on health status of hypnosis was investigated in a primary care NHS GP surgery clinic, with referrals from a Local Health Care Cooperative (LHCC) with 85,000 patients. The Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF36) pre and post treatment was completed by patients referred with mental health problems, medical problems and for smoking cessation. One hundred and fifteen patients successfully completed SF36 questionnaires before and six weeks after the intervention. Categories of treatment were smoking cessation, mental health, and medical. In the case of referrals for smoking cessation there were no significant changes in mental, social or physical function six weeks after the intervention. In the case of mental health referrals, which were predominantly anxiety related, there was a large and significant effect on the SF-36 in emotional role and mental role and a moderate effect on social role and mental health. Self-hypnosis was in widespread use after treatment, even in those whose perceived problem appeared not to have improved. The results suggest that simple hypnosis techniques could have a significant impact on mental health. This could have implications for promoting mental health as well as for treating mental illness, and needs to be tested further by a randomized, controlled trial.

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Article

Identification Number (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1002/ch.302

Departments, Centres and Research Units:

Psychology

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2006Published

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5224

Date Deposited:

16 Mar 2011 08:53

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30 Jun 2017 15:27

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Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.

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https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/5224

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