title: A history of medical hypnosis.
abstract: From the origins of mysticism and theatrics, trivialized by stage performers, psychics, and charlatans, modern medical hypnosis has struggled to achieve and maintain a sense of professional integrity. Many of the principles of dynamic psychiatry are deeply rooted in the work of the early healers. Yet hypnosis as a clinical entity continues to fall in and out of favor over the years; again it is now being pushed beyond the limits of that which is reasonable and valid.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors: J D
authors: JD
authors: Riskin
authors: F H
authors: FH
authors: Frankel
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States