Abstract Mkid 94

In a brief review of current thinking of the Sleep Disorders, the inadequacies of traditional aetiology are challenged. Furthermore, some therapies may be worse than the symptom. General agreement is that sleep disturbance is but a symptom of an underlying problem. However, the latter is very rarely addressed in traditional medicine, psychiatry or psychology. Modern techniques of Clinical Hypnosis provide an ideal method of identifying and eradicating the true cause-the subconscious mechanisms of survival. This mechanism involves hyperarousal that compels the patient to remain alert in order to deal with the perceived threat. The best opportunity to eliminate the symptom and avoid alternative symptoms in the most cost-effective manner is through the use of Analytical Clinical Hypnosis. This is short term, does not require expensive facilities or in-patient treatment. Medical Hypnoanalysis is offered as such a consistently successful method. This includes a discussion of the underlying subconscious survival mechanisms and the investigation and management of a patient’s symptom