Articles
The Possibilities in Hypnosis, Where the Patient Has the
Power
By: Jane E. Brody for The New York Times
What Hypnosis Can Do
This article substantiates that hypnosis is the epitome of mind-body medicine. Hypnosis enables the mind to tell the body how to react, and modify the messages that the body sends to the mind. It has been used to counter the nausea of pregnancy; dental and test-taking anxiety; root canal treatment and childbirth; healing diabetes, lupus, fibromyalgia, cancer, high blood pressure, fear of flying and public speaking; compulsive hair-pulling; and intractable hiccups, among many other health problems.
Writing in The Permanente Journal in 2001, Dr. Brian Alman said that "useful potential" for benefiting from hypnosis "exists within each patient." "The goal of modern medical hypnosis," he said, "is to help patients [people] use this unconscious potential."
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