title: A Meta-Analysis for the Efficacy of Hypnotherapy in Alleviating PTSD Symptoms.
abstract: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy of hypnotherapy in the treatment of PTSD used literature searches to obtain 47 articles. However, only 6 were experiments testing the efficacy of hypnosis-based treatments. A fixed-effects meta-analysis was applied to postintervention assessment results and 4-week follow-ups. A large effect in favor of hypnosis-based (especially manualized abreactive hypnosis) treatment was found for the studies that reported the posttest results (d = 1.17). The temporal stability of the effect remains strong, as reflected by the 4-week follow-up assessments (d = 1.58) and also by long-term evaluations (e.g., 12 months). Hypnosis appears to be effective in alleviating PTSD symptoms.
authors.affiliation: a University of Medicine and Pharmacy Gr. T. Popa Iași , Romania.
authors.forename: Tudor-Ștefan
authors.initials: TȘ
authors.lastname: Rotaru
authors.affiliation: b Alexandru Ioan-Cuza University of Iași and West University of Timișoara , Romania.
authors.forename: Andrei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rusu
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis / Q000379:methods; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome