A piece just came out on the BBC News regarding yet another study that shows hypnosis is very very very effective in helping those suffering from Irritable Bowell Syndrome (IBS).  The new study – performed with over one hundred patients – found that hypnosis is effective with over ninety percent significantly improving and forty percent recovering completely . . . please note that this is far higher than success rates for drugs for the same condition.  See http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8572818.stm for the current article.

This isn't really new news . . . peer-reviewed research has been around since the early 1980s and anecdotal evidence has been prevalent for far longer.

I was just discussing this very thing a few days ago with a friend who is a licensed clinical psychologist.  He had seen the recent study and it rankles him that the other side of the equation is not being as widely covered so well or that the hypnotic solution is not being pursued with any real effort on the part of murky powers that be.  While the NHS in Britain recognizes that hypnosis is effective . . . patients do not receive coverage for hypnosis referrals unless all drug options have first been pursued and found ineffective.  So, even though hypnosis helps ninety percent of patients and cures forty percent, the NHS will not cover its use unless the drug option is used first.

Ah, the joy of being in the pocket of large pharmaceutical companies.

All the best,
Brian

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Brian David Phillips, PhD, CH [brian@briandavidphillips.com] 
Hypnotist, Hypnotherapist, Intuitionist, Trance Wizard 
President, Society of Experiential Trance

Associate Professor, NCCU, Taipei, Taiwan