Cardeña E
Department of Psychiatry, USUHS, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA.
Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2000 Apr;48(2):225-38. doi: 10.1080/00207140008410049.
Hypnotic techniques for the treatment of posttraumatic conditions were often used by the clinical pioneers of the end of the 19th century and by military therapists treating soldiers during the 20th century's conflagrations. More recently, hypnosis has also been used with survivors of sexual assault, accidents, and other traumas, and with various groups, including children and ethnic minorities. Nonetheless, there have been almost no systematic studies on the efficacy of hypnosis for posttraumatic disorders. This state of affairs is especially disappointing considering that: hypnosis can be easily integrated into therapies that are commonly used with traumatized clients; a number of PTSD individuals have shown high hypnotizability in various studies; hypnosis can be used for symptoms associated with PTSD; and hypnosis may help modulate and integrate memories of trauma. Hypnotic techniques may indeed be efficacious for posttraumatic conditions, but systematic group or single-case studies need to be conducted before reaching that conclusion.
19世纪末的临床先驱以及20世纪战争期间治疗士兵的军事治疗师常常使用催眠技术来治疗创伤后疾病。最近，催眠也被用于性侵犯、事故及其他创伤的幸存者，以及包括儿童和少数民族在内的各类群体。然而，几乎没有关于催眠治疗创伤后障碍疗效的系统性研究。考虑到以下几点，这种情况尤其令人失望：催眠可以很容易地融入到常用于创伤患者的治疗方法中；多项研究表明，许多创伤后应激障碍患者具有较高的催眠易感性；催眠可用于治疗与创伤后应激障碍相关的症状；催眠可能有助于调节和整合创伤记忆。催眠技术确实可能对创伤后疾病有效，但在得出这一结论之前，需要进行系统性的群体或单病例研究。
