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  1. Hypnosis has a surprisingly robust scientific framework. Research has shown that it can help relieve pain and anxiety and aid smoking cessation, weight loss, and sleep.
  2. Apr 1, 2024Division 30 defines hypnosis as "a state of consciousness involving focused attention and reduced peripheral awareness characterized by an enhanced capacity for response to suggestion" (Elkins, G. R., et al., International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, Vol. 63, No. 1, 2015).Yet the definition of hypnosis has been the subject of debate for the better part of a century.
  3. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

    Hypnosis can be seen as 'a waking state of awareness, (or consciousness), in which a person's attention is detached from his or her immediate environment and is absorbed by inner experiences such as feelings, cognition and imagery'. 1 Hypnotic induction involves focusing of attention and imaginative involvement to the point where what is being imagined feels real.
  4. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

    Documented use and investigation of hypnosis spans centuries and its therapeutic use has received endorsement by multiple medical associations. ... PsycINFO, The Cochrane Library, HTA Database, Web of Science and a manual search was conducted to identify eligible reviews. Methodological quality of the included meta-analyses was rated using the ...
  5. britannica.com

    Jan 7, 2025Hypnosis attracted widespread scientific interest in the 1880s. Ambroise-Auguste Liébeault, an obscure French country physician who used mesmeric techniques, drew the support of Hippolyte Bernheim, a professor of medicine at Strasbourg. Independently they had written that hypnosis involved no physical forces and no physiological processes but was a combination of psychologically mediated ...
  6. med.stanford.edu

    Jan 4, 2024"Hypnosis is a state of highly focused attention, and higher hypnotizability improves the odds of your doing better with techniques using hypnosis," said David Spiegel, MD, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and a senior author of the study. Afik Faerman
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