title: Hypnosis in the treatment of depression: considerations in research design and methods.
abstract: Depressive disorders constitute a serious problem in the United States and around the world. The appearance of practice guidelines and lists of evidenced-based therapies suggests that adequate treatments for depression exist. However, a careful consideration of what is known and not known about the treatment of depression leaves plenty of room for improved approaches to addressing this condition. Although there has been a dearth of research on the treatment of depression using hypnosis, there are several compelling arguments for the inclusion of hypnotic approaches in the array of current strategies for dealing with depression. However, traditional "gold-standard" research methods, namely randomized controlled trials, have many shortcomings for identifying the potential impact of hypnosis on depression. Other strategies, notably single-case design and benchmarking approaches, may offer a more practical solution to the problem of determining "what works for depression."
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98195, USA. mccann@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: Barbara S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: McCann
authors.forename: Sara J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Landes
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D011613:Psychotherapy; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods; D012107:Research Design
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