Hypnotherapy for Smoking Cessation, Sleep, Pain, and the Potential of Hypnosis Apps

Scritto il 21/01/2025
da Gary Elkins

Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2025 Jan-Mar;73(1):1-3. doi: 10.1080/00207144.2024.2432843. Epub 2025 Jan 21.

ABSTRACT

This issue of the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis provides a systematic review of hypnotherapy for smoking cessation as well as a systematic review of hypnosis apps. These reviews are followed by articles that examine hypnotherapy for sleep disturbances in patients with multiple sclerosis, and provide results from a randomized clinical trial of immersive virtual reality to reduce pain and anxiety in individuals undergoing orthopedic surgery. In addition, an important new study, with findings that suggest a "general factor" may best account for hypnotizability is presented. Together, these articles address important emerging research on applications of clinical hypnosis and methods of intervention.

PMID:39836018 | DOI:10.1080/00207144.2024.2432843