title: Subjective assessment of allergy relief following group hypnosis and self-hypnosis: a preliminary study.
abstract: Self-hypnosis was taught to 34 self-identified allergy patients who attended two training classes. They practiced on their own and were questioned two months later. Seventy-six percent of the subjects reported they felt an improvement in their symptoms; 86% of those who were medicated decreased their medicines. Practice was clearly related to reported improvement. "Feeling hypnotized" was not related to improvement.
authors.affiliation: Santa Rosa, CA 85405, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Madrid
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rostel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pennington
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D006255:Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal / Q000628:therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome