title: Issues in the detection of those suffering adverse effects in hypnosis training workshops.
abstract: Enhancing safety in hypnosis workshops is an issue of significant concern in the progress and promulgation of hypnosis as a facilitator of treatment. In general, hypnosis is a safe modality, but occasional adverse effects are encountered in its use in clinical, research, and professional workshop settings. To develop and implement modifications designed to reduce the number and/or severity of such unfortunate incidents in workshop settings, it is necessary to establish an awareness of the nature and implications of these adverse events. This article describes 9 categories of problem presentations known to have been generated in workshop settings. It also discusses a particular constellation of factors that--without imputing blame to either faculty or to workshop participants--creates powerful forces that minimize the likelihood that adverse effects will either be recognized by faculty or reported by workshop participants.
authors.affiliation: Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. rpkluft@aol.com
authors.forename: Richard P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Kluft
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004493:Education; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology; D012307:Risk Factors; D017751:Safety Management; D012958:Societies, Scientific; D013404:Suggestion; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires