Dissociation and hypnotizability in posttraumatic stress disorder
Abstract
The authors compared the hypnotizability of 65 Vietnam veteran patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to that of a normal control group and four patient samples using the Hypnotic Induction Profile. The patients with PTSD had significantly higher hypnotizability scores than patients with diagnoses of schizophrenia (N = 23); major depression, bipolar disorder--depressed, and dysthymic disorder (N = 56); and generalized anxiety disorder (N = 18) and the control sample (N = 83). This finding supports the hypothesis that dissociative phenomena are mobilized as defenses both during and after traumatic experiences. The literature suggests that spontaneous dissociation, imagery, and hypnotizability are important components of PTSD symptoms.
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- Authors
- Spiegel, D., Hunt, T., & Dondershine, H. E.
- Affiliations
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- ORCID
- David Spiegel
- Venue
- American Journal of Psychiatry
- Published
- 1988-03-01
- Volume
- 145
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 301-305
- ISSN
- 0002-953X (ISSN-L)
- 1535-7228
- OpenAlex
- W3458363
- Cited by
- 373
- References
- 34
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- FWCI
- 36.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Keywords
- post-traumatic stress disorder, hypnotic susceptibility, dissociation, Vietnam War veterans, schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, dysthymia, generalized anxiety disorder, defense mechanisms, imagery
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Anxiety Disorders, Defense Mechanisms, Depressive Disorder, Dissociative Disorders, Humans, Hypnosis, Imagination, Life Change Events, Male, Schizophrenia, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
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