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Hypnotic Suggestibility, Psychopathology, and Treatment Outcome
Steven Jay Lynn Ph.D, Kelley Shindler M.S., Eric Meyer M.S.
This article examines the association between hypnotic suggestibility and treatment
outcome in the context of various psychological and medical conditions including hypnotic
analgesia, smoking cessation, post-traumatic stress disorder, dissociation, asthma, wart
remission, eating disorders, obesity, somatization, and psychosis. In no case was high
hypnotic suggestibility associated with negative treatment outcome, and in the case of
pain management, hypnotic suggestibility has been shown to optimize treatment
outcomes. Disorders in which findings regarding the link between suggestibility and
treatment outcome are mixed yet promising include smoking cessation, obesity, wart
remission, anxiety, somatization, and asthma. Methodological issues and potential
mediators of the association between suggestibility and treatment outcome are discussed.
(Sleep and Hypnosis 2003;5(1):17-25)
| Keywords: hypnosis, psychopathology, psychotherapy, suggestibility, and hypnotizability |
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