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It's still bending: Verbal suggestion and alleged psychokinetic ability
Some alleged psychics appear to be able to deform metallic objects, such as keys and cutlery, by thought alone. This paper describes two studies that examined whether one aspect of these demonstrations could be created by verbal suggestion. In the first study, participants were shown a videotape in which a fake psychic placed a bent key on a table. Participants in one condition heard the fake psychic suggest that the key was continuing to bend, whilst those in the other condition did not. Participants in the suggestion condition were significantly more likely to report that the key continued to bend. These findings were replicated in the second study. In addition, participants who reported that the key continued to bend displayed a significantly higher level of confidence in their testimony than others, and were significantly less likely to recall that the fake psychic had suggested the continued bending of the key. Neither experiment revealed any differences between participants who expressed a prior belief in the paranormal compared with those who did not. The paper discusses the implications of these results for the psychology of suggestion and the assessment of eyewitness testimony for anomalous events.
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The Use of Medical Hypnosis to Prevent and Treat Acute and Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Background/Objectives: In the current opioid crisis, medical hypnosis has been proposed as an alternative to opioids to control acute and chronic pain. The aim of this study was to use a meta-analysis to conduct an objective assessment of the value of medical hypnosis for the management of acute and chronic pain and opioid consumption. Methods: An initial PubMed search showed 111 relevant studies out of 1115. Twelve randomized controlled studies (RCTs) were identified, published from January 2014 to December 2024, focusing on acute and chronic pain. These RCTs were analyzed to compare the effects of medical hypnosis vs. standard care. Results: The use of medical hypnosis for acute pain was found to decrease pain by 0.54 standard deviations (SD) compared to the standard care, and the effect was medium and statistically significant (95% CI [0.19–0.90]; p = 0.0024). Oral morphine equivalents (OME) in the hypnosis group were 1.5 SD lower than in the placebo group, which was statistically significant (95% CI [0.12, 2.88]; p = 0.03). Unlike the effectiveness of hypnosis for acute pain treatment, hypnosis was not found to have any impact on the treatment of chronic pain. The mean pain value difference in the hypnosis group had little effect and showed a statistically insignificant result—a Hedges’ g score of 0.07 (95% CI [−0.14–0.27]; p = 0.518). Conclusions: The use of medical hypnosis was associated with a statistically significant decrease in acute pain scores and OME, suggesting it is a potential alternative to opioids, but our analysis indicates that hypnosis does not reduce chronic pain.
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Asymmetrical conversations
Ideas about health are reinforced by institutions and their corresponding practices, such as donning a patient's gown in a hospital or prostrating before a healing shrine. Even though we are socialized into regarding such ideologies as \"natural\" and unproblematic, we sometimes seek to bypass, circumvent, or even transcend the dominant ideologies of our cultures as they are manifested in the institutions of health care. The contributors to this volume describe such contestations and circumventions of health ideologies, and the blurring of therapeutic boundaries, on the basis of case studies from India, the South Asian Diaspora, and Europe, focusing on relations between body, mind, and spirit in a variety of situations. The result is not always the \"live and let live\" medical pluralism that is described in the literature.
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Emile Coue and his method (II): Hypnotism, suggestion, ego-strengthening, and autosuggestion
The Coue method is routinely dismissed and universally trivialised as nothing more than a hand-clasp, unwarranted optimism, and a ‘mantra’. Rather than relying on incorrect, inadequate, misleading, and otherwise unreliable accounts, Coue’s own descriptions are exhumed, presented, examined, and employed to reveal the rational, systematic structure of top-down theories, concepts, explanations, terminology, and representations embedded within the complex aggregate of efficacious ego-strengthening activities called the Coue method. Consistent with Coue’s emphasis on orthopraxia, simple explanatory models are presented to facilitate a clearer, realistic, and far more productive understanding of the intricacies of the intellectual mechanism underpinning the remarkable approach that Coue conceived, meticulously developed, and incrementally reffined over more than two decades of intense daily hypnotic and hypnotherapeutic experiences with a large population of subjects (severally and collectively) - and, further, as lecturer, teacher and demonstrator of his work to audiences of, often, many more than a thousand individuals.
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The Snake in the Clinic
This book is for psychotherapists and would make a wise companion for anyone starting out in the profession. It entreats readers to be mindful of symptoms, how not to confuse symptoms with illness and how both can be read as paths to the deeper reaches of the psyche where the cause of illness lies.
Foreword -- Preface -- Psychotherapy and health -- Imaginal healing -- Signs, symptoms, and metaphors -- The origins of Western medicine -- Apart from or a part of? -- The personal daimon -- The daimonic bodymind -- The psychophysical environment -- Anima mundi—the world psyche -- Dancing with the devil -- In conclusion -- Copyright information (in order of appearance)
Dargert, Guy
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The Vietnam War in American Memory
A study of American attempts to come to terms with the legacy of the Vietnam War, this book highlights the central role played by Vietnam veterans in shaping public memory of the war. Tracing the evolution of the image of the Vietnam veteran from alienated dissenter to traumatized victim to noble warrior, Patrick Hagopian describes how efforts to commemorate the war increasingly downplayed the political divisions it spawned in favor of a more unifying emphasis on honoring veterans and promoting national “healing.”
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The mindfulness solution : everyday practices for everyday problems
Mindfulness offers a path to well-being and tools for coping with life's inevitable hurdles. And though mindfulness may sound exotic, you can cultivate it--and reap its proven benefits--without special training or lots of spare time. Trusted therapist and mindfulness expert Dr. Ronald Siegel shows exactly how in this inviting guide. You'll get effective strategies to use while driving to work, walking the dog, or washing the dishes, plus tips on creating a formal practice routine in as little as 20 minutes a day. Flexible, step-by-step action plans will help you become more focused and efficient in daily life; cope with difficult feelings, such as anger and sadness; deepen your connection to your spouse or partner; feel more rested and less stressed; curb unhealthy habits; find relief from anxiety and depression; and resolve stress-related pain, insomnia, and other physical problems. Free audio downloads of the meditation exercises are available at the author's website: www.mindfulness-solution.com. Start living a more balanced life--today.
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Hartland's legacy (II): The ego-strengthening monologue
The nature, form, and content of the final (1971) version of Hartland's hypnotherapeutic monologue is examined. Originally the central feature of the (c.1965) \"ego-strengthening procedure\" developed by Hartland to facilitate symptom-removal by direct hypnotic suggestion, it later proved equally efficacious as a stand-alone intervention. Despite its linguistic negativity and equivocation, it was specifically designed to generate very positive outcomes. Criticisms of its expression, wording and application are addressed. An analysis of its suggestive sequence is presented which strongly suggests that, once equivocal expressions are rectified, and wording changed to match a therapist's natural language, it could significantly increase the efficacy of most hypnotherapeutic interventions, especially those addressing poorly defined or otherwise ambiguous clinical circumstances. Hints to assist recension of Hartland's transcript are supplied, which may also serve as a basic guide to the appraisal and conversion of other published hypnotherapeutic \"scripts\". The \"poetic hypnograms\" of Samuel Silber, M.D. are re-visited.
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