University of Utah School of Medicine, PM&R, 30 No. 1900 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84132-2119, USA.
Expert Rev Neurother. 2010 Feb;10(2):263-73. doi: 10.1586/ern.09.140.
Self-hypnosis training represents a rapid, cost-effective, nonaddictive and safe alternative to medication for the treatment of anxiety-related conditions. Here we provide a review of the experimental literature on the use of self-hypnosis in the treatment of anxiety and stress-related disorders, including anxiety associated with cancer, surgery, burns and medical/dental procedures. An overview of research is also provided with regard to self-hypnotic treatment of anxiety-related disorders, such as tension headaches, migraines and irritable bowel syndrome. The tremendous volume of research provides compelling evidence that hypnosis is an efficacious treatment for state anxiety (e.g., prior to tests, surgery and medical procedures) and anxiety-related disorders, such as headaches and irritable bowel syndrome. Although six studies demonstrate changes in trait anxiety, this review recommends that further randomized controlled outcome studies are needed on the hypnotic treatment of generalized anxiety disorder and in documenting changes in trait anxiety. Recommendations are made for selecting clinical referral sources.
自我催眠训练是一种快速、经济有效、无成瘾性且安全的替代药物治疗焦虑相关疾病的方法。在这里，我们回顾了关于自我催眠在治疗焦虑和应激相关障碍（包括与癌症、手术、烧伤和医疗/牙科程序相关的焦虑）中的应用的实验文献。我们还概述了自我催眠治疗与焦虑相关障碍（如紧张性头痛、偏头痛和肠易激综合征）的研究。大量的研究提供了令人信服的证据，证明催眠是一种有效的治疗状态焦虑（例如，在测试、手术和医疗程序之前）和焦虑相关障碍的方法，如头痛和肠易激综合征。虽然有六项研究表明特质焦虑发生了变化，但本综述建议需要进一步进行关于广泛性焦虑障碍的催眠治疗和特质焦虑变化的随机对照结局研究。我们还为选择临床转诊来源提出了建议。
