Manusov E G
Family Practice Clinic, United States Air Force Medical Center, Scott AFB, Illinois.
J Fam Pract. 1990 Aug;31(2):180-4.
Hypnosis has been used as a therapeutic tool for centuries, but only in the past 50 years have the clinical applications been delineated. As evident in the medical literature, the use of hypnosis by the medical community has increased, partly as a result of a growing awareness of hypnotherapy as an available treatment modality, and also as a result of major improvements in research methodology through strict standardization. Hypnotherapy, once considered to be limited to entertainment, has now proven useful in the treatment of a wide variety of medical illness. Two cases of the use of hypnosis are presented. In the first case, hypnosis is used to alleviate pain in a gravid patient in sickle cell crisis. In the second case, hypnosis is used for desensitization of dental phobia in a 27-year-old women. The historical, theoretical, and clinical applications of hypnosis are reviewed.
几个世纪以来，催眠一直被用作一种治疗工具，但直到过去50年，其临床应用才得以明确。正如医学文献中所显示的，医学界对催眠的使用有所增加，部分原因是人们越来越意识到催眠疗法是一种可用的治疗方式，也是研究方法通过严格标准化取得重大进步的结果。催眠疗法曾一度被认为仅限于娱乐，现在已证明对治疗多种疾病有用。本文介绍了两例催眠应用的案例。在第一个案例中，催眠用于缓解镰状细胞危象孕妇的疼痛。在第二个案例中，催眠用于使一名27岁女性的牙科恐惧症脱敏。本文还回顾了催眠的历史、理论及临床应用。
