Subjective assessment of allergy relief following group hypnosis and self-hypnosis: a preliminary study.
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.
Madrid
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Santa Rosa, CA 85405, USA.
Rostel
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Pennington
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Murphy
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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