title: Clinical hypnosis for rapid recovery from dissociative identity disorder.
abstract: Numerous anecdotal reports and textbooks from distinguished mental health practitioners have accorded to clinical hypnosis a prominent role in the successful psychotherapeutic treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). This ideographic inquiry of one such treatment offers empirical support for the instrumental effects of clinical hypnosis with a highly hypnotizable patient who alleged intermittent sexual abuse during the 2-5 age range. Multiple pre- and post-intervention measures, plus treatment trajectory monitoring and explication, demonstrate how hypnosis methodology contributed to a rapid recovery from DID. Future research is called for to further elucidate the therapeutic benefits of clinical hypnosis for DID patients having different levels of hypnotizability and treatment responsiveness.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Boyd
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D011613:Psychotherapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome