Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy is a physical and mental intervention technique, in which, hypnosis is used to create attention concentrated state, and increase the ability of psychological suggestion when dealing with physical or psychological disorders or other related problems. This method is also considered alternative medicine technology.
Hypnotherapy uses psychological cues from speech, environment, etc., to make the hypnotized person enter a state of relaxation, concentration, and high concentration, which is similar to sleep but is not to sleep In the process, guiding imagery such as psychological suggestion will be used to assist the recipient to deal with their various problems of body and mind.
Practical therapeutic uses of hypnotherapy in the history of medicine:
Quit smoking
In terms of smoking cessation, hypnotherapy has a higher success rate of smoking cessation after six months of treatment than other preventive and therapeutic methods.
Childbirth
Hypnotherapy can be applied to childbirth process and postpartum care. Even if there is still not enough evidence to know if it reduces pain during childbirth and effectively prevents postpartum depression, in 2013, researchers found that the use of hypnosis in childbirth leads to a reduction in the use of pharmacological analgesia and oxytocin, which shortens the duration of the first stage of childbirth. A study conducted in Denmark also concluded that Self-hypnosis sessions improve women's childbirth experience and reduce fear. In 2015, a group of researchers conducted a similar study in the UK: "Positive experiences of self-hypnosis give feelings of calm, confidence and enhanced childbirth.
Other uses
There is also applied hypnosis in many other fields of medicine. exist victorian era, hypnosis was used to treat what was then called hysteria disease.
Modern hypnotherapy is widely accepted, especially for the treatment of certain habitual disorders such as controlling irrational fears and treatment Insomnia and addiction and other diseases. Hypnosis has also been used to enhance the recovery of non-psychological symptoms, such as post-operative breast cancer nursing and even gastrointestinal ailments, including irritable bowel disorder.
For pain management, hypnosis reduces acute and chronic pain in most people. Furthermore, Hypnosis treats irritable bowel disorder and menopause. The therapy is backed by scientific evidence. Using hypnotherapy for other problems has mixed results, such as a form of healing to restore and integrate an early childhood trauma.