Poster
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6th Internet World Congress for Biomedical Sciences |
Marcelle Bartolo Abela(1)
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To conclude, it can therefore be seen that hypnosis is an individual differences phenomenon, i.e., a state of enhanced attention, activating an interplay between cortical and subcortical brain dynamics such as both attentional and disattentional processes (Crawford 1994), together with a variable, but greater than normal, ability to access affect, with both dissociated control and absorption accounting for hypnotic responding, the main ingredients being imagery or imagination, absorption, dissociation, and automaticity (Perry 1992).
Clinically, the evidence indicates that hypnotizability tests such as Spiegelīs Hypnotic Induction Profile (HIP) or Tellegenīs Absorption Scale (TAS) should regularly be used before commencement of therapy to determine hypnotizability, as such would influence treatment strategies as follows: high hypnotizables can achieve successful termination of therapy in a shorter time period than lows, who may require additional sessions due to their lack of sufficient dissociation during treatment. The evidence also suggests that greater use of imagery should be employed with highs, since this effectively increases their degree of dissociation as opposed to lows. Meanwhile in the latter case, ideomotor responses should be employed more than verbal responses (if required) during treatment for the latter to be effective, because of this groupīs lack of sufficient dissociation. However, it follows that IMR is equally as effective in highs as in lows, because the former are capable of both absorption and dissociation.
Finally, additional clinical extrapolation of the differences between highs and lows theoretically implicates a greater use of suggestive therapy for the latter group instead of analytical hypnotherapy, because since such therapy normally incorporates more permissive suggestions than in hypnoanalysis, lows would be better able to absorb such suggestions, terminating therapy much faster and more successfully.
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