title: Hypnotherapy and contractures of the hand.
abstract: Contractures of the hand are rather uncommon conversion phenomena. As yet, very little is known about treatment. After a brief overview of the literature on the various treatment strategies, we describe the treatment of four patients. There are indications that a complaint-centered approach, which attempts to influence the symptom directly, produces positive results. Hypnotherapeutic techniques were used in the four patients described here. Treatment resulted in improvement in three of the four.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Department, Reinier de Graaf Hospital, Delft, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoogduin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akkermans
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Oudshoorn
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reinders
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003286:Contracture / Q000628:therapy*; D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged