Steve Jones talks about the use of hypnosis for the treatment of depression . . . hypnotherapy as a treatment for depression . . . with good news for those with the blues monkey on their back.
Last year (2007) a study was published in the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis.
The study investigated the efficacy of cognitive therapy and
cognitive-behavioral therapy in relation to treating depression. The
study consisted of 84 participants who had been diagnosed with
depression. They were randomly put into either the hypnosis group or
the therapy group. All participants received 16 weeks of treatment. Before
the treatment began, the patients completed three tests: Beck
Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, and Beck Hopelessness
Scale. These three tests determine the severity of the symptoms
experienced by the participants and provided a baseline comparison. Results
of the study showed that both groups greatly improved their scores and
thus greatly decreased their symptoms of depression. However, the group
that received hypnotherapy received a 6% reduction in depression, 5%
reduction in anxiety, and 8% reduction in hopelessness compared to the
cognitive-behavioral therapy group. The results of this study were
maintained during the six month and one year follow-ups.
Many hypnotists refer out depressed individuals or only work with those sufferring from clinical depression with a referral (if a person’s been diagnosed with "clinical depression" I ask for a referral from a licensed practitioner – this is not the same as merely feeling "down" or having "the blues"). The use of hypnosis to help folks with stress and depression has been shown to be helpful and that’s good news for a whole lot of folks as the entire world has seen a rise in these ailments over the past decade – Taiwan has a particularly high per capita depression ratio – and with the looming US financial crisis things don’t look to be getting better.
All the best,
Brian
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