Adverse reactions to hypnotherapy in obese adolescents: a developmental viewpoint.
Hypnotherapy is a method of treatment for resistant obesity. This study was undertaken to ascertain the efficacy and/or risks it holds for adolescents. All tended to see hypnosis as a quick solution to longstanding problems. Other forms of weight control therapy had been unsuccessful. Untoward reactions occurred in many teenagers. These included: dissociated state, depersonalization, anxiety and fears. Patients who were not in a deep state of hypnosis were disappointed and viewed this as another failure experience. The severe side effects were observed in those patients in the earlier developmental phases of adolescence.
D000293:Adolescent; D002657:Child Development; D003861:Depersonalization / Q000209:etiology; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000523:psychology; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D013404:Suggestion