title: Hypnotic susceptibility and its relationship to outcome in the behavioral treatment of asthma: some preliminary data.
abstract: 12 subjects from an experiment on relaxation therapy for asthma were given the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility, Form A. Full scale hypnotic susceptibility scores were positively correlated, at a borderline significance, with improvement in the methacholine challenge test, a measure of asthma severity. Performance on the amnesia item of the Harvard Group Scale was correlated with improvement in self-reported symptoms of asthma.
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Lehrer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Karlin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Swartzman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hochron
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: McCann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001249:Asthma / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D008297:Male; D016210:Methacholine Chloride; D008688:Methacholine Compounds; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D008688:Methacholine Compounds; D016210:Methacholine Chloride