HYPNOTHERAPY  AND  STRESS 

  STRESS IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE

Studies have showed that many childhood and adolescent stress-related symptoms have a psychophysiological component that involves muscular tension and/or autonomic nervous system dysfunction. Examples of this include recurrent headache, chest pain, abdominal pain, syncope, and dizziness. After an individual psychosocial evaluation, the clinicians may identify patients who are appropriate for the application of stress reduction techniques such as progressive muscular relaxation, meditation, reflexology, biofeedback, hypnotherapy and relaxation/mental imagery.   All these techniques may give valuable effects to improve both symptoms and wellness.

  STRESS  MANAGEMENT DURING  PREGNANCY

According to some researches, hypnotherapy and a relaxation-guided imagery (R-GI) intervention designed as a primary prevention strategy for stress management was perceived as beneficial to African American women during the second trimester of pregnancy. All participants documented perceived benefits of the R-GI intervention that included the following: (1) improved breathing; (2) ability to relax, clear one's mind, and become calm; (3) ability to channel and decrease stress; (4) release of anxiety; (5) use of R-GI throughout the day helped control anger and state of mind, leading to a smoother day; and (6) improved ability to fall and stay asleep.  These positive effects may be of great help during pregnancy both for mothers and for their future babies.

 
  HYPNOSIS AND STRESS REDUCING IN SURGERY

 A 1997 study suggested that hypnosis provides better perioperative pain and anxiety relief, allows for significant reductions in alfentanil and midazolam requirements, and improves patient satisfaction and surgical conditions as compared with conventional stress reducing strategies support in patients receiving conscious sedation for plastic surgery.  According to a more recent study, the hypnosis-induced reduction of affective and sensory responses to noxious thermal stimulation were modulated by the activity in the midcingulate cortex. Compared to normal alertness (i.e., rest and mental imagery), the hypnotic state, significantly enhanced the functional modulation between midcingulate cortex and a large neural network involved in sensory, affective, cognitive and behavioral aspects of nociception. These findings show that not only pharmacological but also psychological strategies for pain control can modulate the cerebral network involved in noxious perception.

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