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The use of Hypnosis in the Treatment of Color Blindness Associated to Conversion Disorder: A Case Report
Oscar Medina Ortiz, M.D., Ph.D., Nora Sánchez-Mora, M.D., Ph.D., and Grecia Rojas, M.D.
Conversion disorder is characterized by the loss of one or several neurological functions,
with no apparent organic cause. With this etiology, vision may be compromised in up to
5% of the patients in ophthalmologic emergencies. Hypnosis is a suggestion technique
that has been used for years in the treatment of conversion disorder with positive results.
Reported here is the case of a patient with color blindness whose evolution was satisfactory
after 24 hours of one hypnosis session.
| Keywords: Conversion disorder, hysteria, blindness, hypnosis |
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