Hypnosis is More Effective than Clinical Interviews

Almeida-Marques, Francisco Xavier De; Sánchez-Blanco, José; García, Francisco Javier Cano

doi:10.1080/00207144.2018.1396104

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“…In this assessment, we were able to demonstrate passive significant increases in skin temperature with neutral hypnotic induction in healthy adult volunteers. As in this assessment, 2 other investigations, one in patients with fibromyalgia and the other in healthy adults, demonstrated a decrease in skin conductance during hypnosis [8,29]. The increases in skin temperature and reductions in skin conductance are consistent with a decrease in sympathetic neural activity during hypnosis.…”

Section: Changes In Other Autonomic Variables During Hypnosissupporting

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“…These brainwave alterations are indicative of a state of mental relaxation. Of particular relevance are investigations demonstrating that bispectral index (BIS) values substantially decrease during nonpharmacologic hypnosis [ 7 , 8 ]. Other investigators have provided evidence of reductions in BIS values for participants who listened to relaxing music [ 9 ], watched relaxing videos [ 10 ], or underwent relaxing-guided imagery [ 11 ].…”

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“…Several studies have documented the effects of hypnosis on skin conductance, expired carbon dioxide, respiratory rate, electromyography (EMG), and skin temperature values. Two relatively recent studies have demonstrated that hypnosis is associated with reductions in skin conductance values [ 8 , 29 ]. We found that only a single study investigated expired carbon dioxide measurements during hypnosis [ 30 ].…”

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“…Another study monitored serial BIS values, respiratory rate, and expired carbon dioxide measurements; however, these findings were confounded by the need for cataract surgery in moderately sedated participants with varying levels of health status [ 72 ]. In a single study, BIS and skin conductance were shown to significantly decrease during hypnosis; however, the authors provided no correlation analysis between the 2 values [ 8 ]. In addition, another study demonstrated that BIS and skin conductance values were positively correlated in patients undergoing surgical anesthesia [ 47 ].…”

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Bispectral Index Alterations and Associations With Autonomic Changes During Hypnosis in Trauma Center Researchers: Formative Evaluation Study

Dunham¹,

Burger²,

Hileman³

et al. 2021

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Background Previous work performed by our group demonstrated that intermittent reductions in bispectral index (BIS) values were found during neurofeedback following mindfulness instructions. Hypnosis was induced to enhance reductions in BIS values. Objective This study aims to assess physiologic relaxation and explore its associations with BIS values using autonomic monitoring. Methods Each session consisted of reading a 4-minute baseline neutral script and playing an 18-minute hypnosis tape to 3 researchers involved in the BIS neurofeedback study. In addition to BIS monitoring, autonomic monitoring was performed, and this included measures of electromyography (EMG), skin temperature, skin conductance, respiratory rate, expired carbon dioxide, and heart rate variability. The resulting data were analyzed using two-tailed t tests, correlation analyses, and multivariate linear regression analyses. Results We found that hypnosis was associated with reductions in BIS (P<.001), EMG (P<.001), respiratory rate (P<.001), skin conductance (P=.006), and very low frequency power (P=.04); it was also associated with increases in expired carbon dioxide (P<.001), skin temperature (P=.04), high frequency power (P<.001), and successive heart interbeat interval difference (P=.04) values. Decreased BIS values were associated with reduced EMG measures (R=0.76; P<.001), respiratory rate (R=0.35; P=.004), skin conductance (R=0.57; P<.001), and low frequency power (R=0.32; P=.01) and with increased high frequency power (R=−0.53; P<.001), successive heart interbeat interval difference (R=−0.32; P=.009), and heart interbeat interval SD (R=−0.26; P=.04) values. Conclusions Hypnosis appeared to induce mental and physical relaxation, enhance parasympathetic neural activation, and attenuate sympathetic nervous system activity, changes that were associated with BIS values. Findings from this preliminary formative evaluation suggest that the current hypnosis model may be useful for assessing autonomic physiological associations with changes in BIS values, thus motivating us to proceed with a larger investigation in trauma center nurses and physicians.

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Section: Changes In Other Autonomic Variables During Hypnosissupporting

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Bispectral Index Alterations and Associations With Autonomic Changes During Hypnosis in Trauma Center Researchers: Formative Evaluation Study

Dunham¹,

Burger²,

Hileman³

et al. 2021

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“…Regarding the 1st association, which had a large effect size, the capacity of hypnosis to produce more causal attributions appears unquestionable, as we found in a previous study . Nonetheless, we are not able to assure the accuracy of these attributions.…”

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Causal attributions of potentially traumatic life events in fibromyalgia patients

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Fibromyalgia is a disorder characterized by chronic generalized pain, including allodynia and hyperalgesia, and is usually accompanied by fatigue, sleep disturbances, stiffness in the joints, and mild cognitive impairment, along with other symptoms. Its diagnosis is clinical, and is based on the self-reporting of the severity of pain and the associated symptoms. 1,2 A key factor in the pathophysiology of fibromyalgia is central sensitization, which is a state of neuronal hyperexcitability.The origin of central sensitization can be complex and attributed to multiple causes, with predisposing factors and organic, environmental, and psychosocial triggers, including chronic stress, whether it be in the form of trauma, stressful life events, or even daily hassles that can occur over the course of a lifetime. 3 The term potentially traumatic life event (PTLE) 4 is used to refer to Abstract Aim: In common clinical practice, potentially traumatic life events and the possible attribution of such events to fibromyalgia often go undetected. Having demonstrated in a previous study that hypnosis facilitates the exploration of such events, we now aim to explore and classify the content of these events and to determine whether there is an association between the type of event, the state of consciousness in which the patient verbalized it, and possible causal attributions of the disorder.Method: Thirty-two women (age 52 ± 7 years) suffering from fibromyalgia and receiving care in a primary healthcare center participated in the same semi-structured interview twice: once in a wakeful state and once under hypnosis. They answered two questions: what other events in your life coincided with the onset of fibromyalgia? Are those events related to your fibromyalgia in any way? To counteract biases related to order or recall, the order of the two interviews was randomized with a 3month period in between. Results:The patients verbalized 23 different types of events, which we classified into eight categories, mostly psychosocial events. Although the relationship between the three variables was not statistically significant, two of the bivariate associations predicted (type of event and state of consciousness; and state of consciousness and causal attribution) were confirmed (χ 2 , P values of .01 and <.001 respectively). Conclusion:Potentially traumatic life events could remain undetected in primary healthcare consultations and hypnosis could prove a useful tool for their detection. K E Y W O R D Scausal attributions, fibromyalgia, hypnosis, life events, primary health care

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The Challenge of Fibromyalgia Efficacy of Hypnosis in Alleviating the Invisible Pain: A Narrative Review

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2023

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

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Hypnosis is More Effective than Clinical Interviews

Cited by 6 publications

References 42 publications

Bispectral Index Alterations and Associations With Autonomic Changes During Hypnosis in Trauma Center Researchers: Formative Evaluation Study

Bispectral Index Alterations and Associations With Autonomic Changes During Hypnosis in Trauma Center Researchers: Formative Evaluation Study

Causal attributions of potentially traumatic life events in fibromyalgia patients

The Challenge of Fibromyalgia Efficacy of Hypnosis in Alleviating the Invisible Pain: A Narrative Review

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