Clinical hypnosis, an effective mind-body modality for adolescents with behavioral and physical complaints
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Mind-body medicine is a system of health practices that includes meditation/relaxation training, guided imagery, hypnosis, biofeedback, yoga, art/music therapy, prayer, t'ai chi, and psychological therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy. Clinical hypnosis is an important mind-body tool that serves as an adjunct to conventional medical care for the adolescent patient. Clinical hypnosis specifically uses self-directed therapeutic suggestions to cultivate the imagination and facilitate the mind-body connection, leading to positive emotional and physical well-being. There are many similarities between clinical hypnosis and other mind-body/self-regulatory modalities such as visual imagery, mindfulness meditation, yoga, and biofeedback that incorporate experiential learning and mechanisms for change. They may be viewed as subtypes of the hypnotic experience and share the common experience of trance as the entrée into self-empowered change in physiologic and psychological states. Clinical hypnosis can be used by health care providers to teach adolescents coping skills to deal with a wide variety of conditions such as chronic headaches, recurrent abdominal pain, anxiety, depression, grief and bereavement, phobias, anger, family stressors, sleep disorders, or enuresis. Clinical vignettes are given to help illustrate the effectiveness of hypnosis in adolescents.
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- Authors
- Sawni, A., & Breuner, C.
- Affiliations
- Hurley Medical Center (US)
- Seattle Children's Hospital (US)
- Corresponding author
- Sawni, Anju
- Venue
- Children
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2017-03-24
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 19
- ISSN
- 2227-9067 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC5406678
- OpenAlex
- W2602998530
- Cited by
- 55
- References
- 53
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 4
- FWCI
- 0.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Children (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Pain Management and Placebo Effect
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Health Sciences › Dentistry › Oral Surgery › Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques
- Keywords
- hypnotherapy, mind-body medicine, adolescents, therapeutic suggestion, trance, self-regulation, coping strategies, chronic headache, recurrent abdominal pain, anxiety, depression, grief and bereavement, phobia, sleep disorders, enuresis, family stressors, relaxation training
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