Laidlaw T M, Richardson D H, Booth R J, Large R G
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Science, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
J Psychosom Res. 1994 Aug;38(6):569-80. doi: 10.1016/0022-3999(94)90054-x.
Hypnosis has been used to ameliorate skin test reactivity in studies dating back to the 1930s. This study using modern methodology and statistical analyses sets out to test the hypothesis that it was possible to decrease reactions to histamine by hypnotic suggestion. Five subjects, all asthmatic and untrained in hypnosis, were given three hypnotic sessions where they were asked to control their reactions to histamine administered by the Pepys technique to forearm skin. These sessions were to be compared with three non-hypnotic sessions. The flare sizes but not wheal sizes were found to be significantly reduced after the hypnosis sessions, compared to sessions without hypnosis. Skin temperature was correlated with the size of reactions. The day upon which the sessions took place contributed significant amounts of the remaining unexplained variance, giving rise to questions about what could cause these day to day changes.
追溯到20世纪30年代的研究中，催眠已被用于改善皮肤试验反应性。这项采用现代方法和统计分析的研究旨在检验通过催眠暗示降低对组胺反应的假设。五名受试者均为哮喘患者且未接受过催眠训练，他们接受了三次催眠疗程，期间要求他们控制对通过佩皮斯技术在前臂皮肤施用的组胺的反应。这些疗程将与三次非催眠疗程进行比较。与未进行催眠的疗程相比，发现催眠疗程后红斑大小而非风团大小显著减小。皮肤温度与反应大小相关。疗程进行的日期导致了大量剩余无法解释的差异，引发了关于可能导致这些日常变化的原因的疑问。
