Emotional self-regulation therapy: a new and efficacious treatment for smoking.
We describe emotional self-regulation therapy, a recently-developed suggestion technique for the treatment of smoking, and present data attesting to its efficacy. Of the 38 individuals who completed treatment, 82% (47% of the initial sample) stopped smoking altogether and 13% (8% of the initial sample) reduced their smoking. A follow-up at 6 months showed that 66% (38% of the initial sample) of those who had completed the treatment remained abstinent and reported minimal withdrawal symptoms or weight gain. In a no-treatment comparison group, only 8% reduced their smoking or became abstinent.
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Department de Personalitat, Facultat de Psicologia, Universitat de Valéncia, Spain. bayot@correo.cop.es
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D000328:Adult; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000523:psychology*; D013404:Suggestion; D016896:Treatment Outcome