Tim Brunson DCH

Welcome to The International Hypnosis Research Institute Web site. Our intention is to support and promote the further worldwide integration of comprehensive evidence-based research and clinical hypnotherapy with mainstream mental health, medicine, and coaching. We do so by disseminating, supporting, and conducting research, providing professional level education, advocating increased level of practitioner competency, and supporting the viability and success of clinical practitioners. Although currently over 80% of our membership is comprised of mental health practitioners, we fully recognize the role, support, involvement, and needs of those in the medical and coaching fields. This site is not intended as a source of medical or psychological advice. Tim Brunson, PhD

The Effects of Hypnosis/Guided Imagery on the Postoperative Course of Children

Posted At : December 31, 2006 4:51 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Here is a study that got past us when it first came out, from our own University Hospitals, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, and CWRU's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing:

S. A. Lambert's study examines the effect of hypnosis/guided imagery on the postoperative course of pediatric surgical patients. Fifty-two children (matched for sex, age, and diagnosis) were randomly assigned to an experimental or control group. The experimental group was taught guided imagery by the investigator. The imagery technique included suggestions for a favorable postoperative course. The controls were given standard care.

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Clinical Hypnosis Versus Cognitive Behavioral Training for Pain Management

Posted At : December 31, 2006 4:50 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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A randomized controlled trial in the UK with 30 children compared the efficacy of clinical hypnosis (and imagery) versus training in cognitive behavioral coping skills for alleviating the pain and distress of undergoing bone marrow aspirations. The pediatric cancer patients (age 5 to 15 years) were randomized to one of three groups: hypnosis, a package of CB coping skills, and no intervention beyond standard care.

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Can Medical Hypnosis Accelerate Post-Surgical Wound Healing

Posted At : December 31, 2006 4:49 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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A recent study by principal investigator, Carol Ginandes PhD, of McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, explored differences in speed and extent of surgical wound healing in 18 breast reduction surgery patients, among 2 experimental conditions and one control condition.

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The Use of Relaxation Techniques in the Perioperative Management of Proctological Patients

Posted At : December 30, 2006 4:48 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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In a randomized, controlled clinical trial, researchers from Rome, Italy assessed the effects of guided imagery on the postoperative course in proctological patients. Patients undergoing surgery for anorectal diseases were randomized into group 1 (n = 43) with standard care and group 2 (n = 43) with relaxation techniques, where they listened to a guided imagery tape with music and relaxing text before, during, and after surgery.

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Stress Reduction Program Helped People with SLE (lupus)

Posted At : December 30, 2006 4:47 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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In a randomized, controlled, clinical trial at The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, researchers assessed the effects of a stress-reduction program on pain, psychological function, and physical function in persons with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who experience pain.

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Effect of Complimentary and Alternative Therapies on Sleep Promotion in the Critically Ill

Posted At : December 30, 2006 4:46 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Researchers at Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System reviewed seven studies that examined the effect of complementary and alternative therapies on sleep promotion in critically ill patients. The research shows that massage, music therapy and therapeutic touch promote relaxation and comfort in critically ill patients, which likely leads to improved sleep.

The review concluded with the following conclusions and recommendations:

Massage, music therapy and therapeutic touch are safe for critically ill patients and should be routinely applied by ICU nurses who have received training on how to provide these interventions.

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Hypnosis Treats Allopecia Areata

Posted At : December 29, 2006 4:44 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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In a small pilot study, dermatology researchers from Academic Hospital/Free University in Brussels find that hypnotherapy delivers excellent results for people suffering from allopecia areata (AA), a devastating hair loss condition

Researchers from the Department of Dermatology at Academic Hospital/Free University in Brussels, investigated the influence of hypnotherapy on alopecia areata or AA (a condition of rapid hair loss). Hypnosis was used in 28 patients with extensive AA whose condition was resistant to earlier conventional treatments. The hypnotherapy was either added as a complementary treatment or used as the only treatment.

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Hypnosis for School Age Child Insomnia

Posted At : December 29, 2006 4:44 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Hypnosis is found to be an effective form of therapy for insomnia in school age children, according to a retrospective record review at the State University of New York (S.U.N.Y.) at Syracuse

Researchers from the State University of New York at Syracuse explored the efficacy of hypnosis for insomnia in school age children. A retrospective chart review was performed for 84 children and adolescents with insomnia, excluding those with central or obstructive sleep apnea.

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Hypnosis and Myopia

Posted At : December 29, 2006 4:43 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Analysts at the Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit of the Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and The New York State Psychiatric Institute reviewed various studies of the effectiveness of hypnosis for improving myopia, as an enticing alternative to invasive procedures and corrective lenses. The meta-analysis delineated various shortcomings in the studies, including potential methodological caveats, problems with experimental controls, and controversial data interpretation.

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The Effects of Hypnosis on the Labor Processes and Birth Outcomes of Pregnant Adolescents

Posted At : December 28, 2006 4:41 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Dr. Paul G. Schauble and his colleagues at the University of Florida at Gainesville randomly assigned 42 pregnant teenagers to receive either counseling or four sessions of instruction in self-hypnosis for childbirth.

Teens in the hypnosis group learned deep relaxation and imagery techniques to help them cope with pain. They also received suggestions to help them respond to possible complications and boost their confidence in their ability to manage anxiety.

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Teaching HIV Positive, Gay Men to Relax, Alter Their Cognitive Appraisals, Use New Coping Strategies

Posted At : December 28, 2006 4:40 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Researchers from the Department of Psychology at The University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, assessed a CBSM intervention (Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management) with HIV-infected men, designed to teach them to relax, alter cognitive appraisals, use new coping strategies, and access social support resources. The study tested the effects of the intervention on 24-hour urinary free cortisol levels and distressed mood in participants. Fifty-nine symptomatic, HIV-infected, gay men participants were randomized to either a 10-week group-based CBSM intervention or a 10-week wait-list period. Post measures were taken of psychological responses and urine samples.

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Touch, Music and Imagery Helps Open Heart Patients

Posted At : December 28, 2006 2:31 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Researchers from Abbott Northwestern Hospital and the Minneapolis Heart Institute examined the effects of touch, music and imagery on 104 patients undergoing open heart surgery, measuring heart rate, blood pressure, pain and tension.

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Autogenic Training Reduces Frequency of Headaches

Posted At : December 27, 2006 4:34 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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In controlled, clinical trials at Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary, researchers examined the effects of Schultz-type autogenic training (a simple form of self-hypnosis) on headache-related drug consumption and headache frequency in patients with either migraine, tension-type, or mixed (migraine plus tension-type) headache over an 8-month period. There are only a few studies that compare the efficacy and durability of the same treatment in different types of primary headache, and the effects of treatment on headache-related drug consumption rarely have been assessed even in these studies.

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Effects of Guided Imagery on Quality of Life for Patients with Chronic Tension-Type Headache

Posted At : December 27, 2006 4:33 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Dr. Lisa K. Mannix MD of the Adelman Headache Center in Greensboro, NC reported at the American Association for the Study of Headache that she added guided imagery audiotapes to the course of treatment of half her headache patients in a 250-person study. The imagery group listened to the tape daily for one month. Mannix found that a significantly greater proportion of imagery patients (21.7% of 129, as opposed to 7.6% of 131 controls) reported an overall improvement in their headaches.

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Physical Therapy with CAM and Exercise for Headache Relief

Posted At : December 27, 2006 2:31 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston found that physical therapy is most effective for treating migraine when combined with treatments such as thermal biofeedback, relaxation training and exercise.

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston conducted a medical literature review of physical therapy treatments for the management of primary headache disorders.

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Behavioral Management of Recurrent Headache

Posted At : December 26, 2006 4:32 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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This fresh review and meta-analysis of the research literature on behavioral interventions for headache (chiefly relaxation, biofeedback, and stress-management) out of the University of Mississippi Medical Center's Head Pain Center show clinically significant reductions in recurrent headache.

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Guided Imagery and Insomnia

Posted At : December 26, 2006 3:53 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Well, common sense and the latest research findings out of Oxford have once more converged. We now know for sure that distraction works much better than active thought control strategies for insomnia.

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Guided Imagery and Postural Stability

Posted At : December 26, 2006 3:52 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Researchers at the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa in Ontario, Canada, find in a pilot study with 20 elderly subjects that 6 weeks of imagery training improves postural stability.

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MRI Study Reveals Inner Workings of Brain During Imagery

Posted At : December 25, 2006 3:51 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Researchers from the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Hiroshima University in Japan used MRI's to investigate differences in brain function between people with high degrees of alexithymia (an inability to put emotions into words, commonly found in people with PTSD) and those with low degrees.

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CRPS1 Patients Benefit from Imagery

Posted At : December 25, 2006 3:50 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Researchers from the Department of Physiotherapy at The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia investigated whether people suffering from complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS1) could benefit from imagery, in a randomized, controlled trial with thirteen subjects.

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Spiritual Concerns & Imagery

Posted At : December 25, 2006 3:50 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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In this case study, clinicians from the Department of Social Work at The College of Judea and Samaria in Ariel, Israel, feeling that spiritual concerns play a huge part among those who have attempted suicide, yet are poorly addressed, if addressed at all, by their psychotherapists, tested an innovative group format that made use of techniques that helped their clients tap into spiritual sources.

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Stress Relief over Cell Phones

Posted At : December 24, 2006 3:47 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Researchers from the Istituto Auxologico Italiano in Milan, Italy compared three kinds of specially prepared multimedia de-stressing programs designed for delivery over cell phones to stressed out commuters

Researchers from the Istituto Auxologico Italiano in Milan, Italy, tested an unlikely idea for easing commuter stress. They compared three kinds of specially prepared multimedia de-stressing programs designed for delivery over cell phones to stressed out commuters. (One can only hope that these were implemented when people were stuck in traffic and not driving..)

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Imagery Reducing Stress

Posted At : December 24, 2006 3:47 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Researchers from Kyoto University in Japan study the mechanism whereby imagery reduces stress, by testing a healthy sample of one hundred forty-eight people before and after two imagery sessions

Researchers from the Department of Health Promotion and Human Behavior at Kyoto University Graduate School of Public Health in Japan investigated differences in relaxation induced by guided imagery in healthy community samples.

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Using Motor Imagery in the Rehabilitation of Hemiparesis

Posted At : December 24, 2006 3:47 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Researchers from the Sensory Motor Performance Program at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago examined the effectiveness of a program of imagining movement, or motor imagery training, in the rehabilitation of hemiparesis, using a before-after trial with clinical and behavioral analyses of single cases.

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The Effects of Intercessory Prayer, Positive Visualization, and Expectancy

Posted At : December 23, 2006 3:28 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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This is an interesting study investigating the effects of being prayed for or visualized for by someone else, as opposed to doing those things for oneself. The U. Mass team of Matthews, Conti and Sireci looked at the effects of intercessory prayer on 95 critically ill, end stage renal disease patients on dialysis. In the controlled, randomized study, clinical outcomes of prayed-for people were compared with those of visualized-for people.

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Guided Imagery Career Based Transition Program

Posted At : December 23, 2006 3:28 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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A study tests the effectiveness of a guided imagery-based career transition program, and finds it is associated with higher rates of return to full time employment and greater perceived control over the job loss.

This randomized study examined the effectiveness of a guided imagery-based career transition program as compared to a placebo control condition in promoting reemployment in 52 unemployed business people recruited from four different outplacement firms in seven locations in California (60% male, 83% Caucasian, mean age: 46.8).

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Neural Substrates of Tactile Imagery: a Functional MRI Study

Posted At : December 23, 2006 3:28 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Researchers from the Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, used MRI technology to see which neural pathways were involved when subjects imagined tactile stimulation on the dorsal side of their right hand. Results were then compared to the MRI findings from subjects who actually received tactile stimulation of the same area of the hand.

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Mindful Meditation Increases Antibody Titers to Flu Vaccine

Posted At : December 22, 2006 3:33 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Researchers performed a randomized, controlled study to discover the effects of an 8-week training program of mindfulness meditation on brain and immune function with healthy employees in a work environment.

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The Effect of Guided Imagery and Amitriptyline on Daily Fibromyalgia Pain

Posted At : December 22, 2006 3:33 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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A Norwegian research team compared the effects of attention distracting imagery, attention focusing imagery and amitriptyline (elavil and similar anti-depressants) on fibromyalgia pain in 55 women.

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Interventions for the Treatment and Management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Posted At : December 22, 2006 3:33 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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The September 19th issue of JAMA features a systematic review of the literature on what interventions have been found to work for chronic fatigue syndrome. Nineteen databases were searched for any published or unpublished studies in any language, and the study included randomized and nonrandomized controlled trials.

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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Guided Imagery in Bulimia Nervosa.

Posted At : December 22, 2006 3:13 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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A randomized controlled trial compared a group of bulimic patients receiving 6 weeks of individual guided imagery therapy with a control group receiving standard care. Fifty participants who met the criteria for bulimia nervosa completed the study. Measures of eating disorder symptoms, psychological functioning and the response to the guided imagery experience were used.

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Guided Imagery and the Reduction of Recurrent Abdominal Pain (RAP) in Children

Posted At : December 21, 2006 3:13 PM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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In a small pilot study, researchers from the Department of Pediatrics at Steele Memorial Children's Research Center and the University of Arizona's College of Medicine investigated whether guided imagery could reduce recurrent abdominal pain (RAP) in children -- a condition known to be refractory and difficult to treat.

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Sexual and Physical Abuse in Women with Fibromyalgia

Posted At : December 21, 2006 3:33 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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A group of researchers from the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle evaluated 93 consecutive fibromyalgia patients for symptoms of persistent posttraumatic stress. They found that 56% of the sample reported clinically significant levels of PTSD symptoms.

The FM patients with posttraumatic stress symptoms reported greater levels of pain, emotional distress and functional disability than those without PTSD.

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6-Week Guided Imagery Plan for Fibromyalgia

Posted At : December 21, 2006 3:33 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Researchers from Florida International University's School of Nursing find that a 6-week intervention of guided imagery significantly improves many of the effects of fibromyalgia in a randomized, controlled clinical trial.

Researchers from Florida International University's School of Nursing in Miami investigated the effects of a 6-week intervention of guided imagery on pain level, functional status, and self-efficacy in people with fibromyalgia (FM) in a two-group, randomized, controlled clinical trial with 48 subjects.

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Using Hypnosis to Accelerate the Healing of Bone Fractures

Posted At : December 21, 2006 3:33 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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In a small exploratory study by Carol Ginandes, PhD and Daniel Rosenthal, MD at Mass. General's Dept. of Bone and Joint Disease in Boston, 12 adults with bone fractures were followed for 12 weeks, to see if hypnosis accelerated their healing. Radiographic results showed dramatically improved healing at 6 weeks in the hypnosis patients.

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Meditation and Epilepsy

Posted At : December 20, 2006 3:23 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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The age-old question - is meditation good for epilepsy or does it make it worse? - gets a very good shot at an answer here.. It looks like yoga can make it a lot better!

The R. Madhavan Nayar Center for Comprehensive Epilepsy Care at Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology in Kerala, India, assessed the efficacy of a yoga meditation protocol (YMP) as an adjunctive treatment in patients with drug-resistant chronic epilepsy. The yoga intervention consisted of a YMP 20 minutes twice daily (mornings and evenings) at home, and supervised sessions of a YMP every week for 3 months. Continuation of the YMP beyond 3 months was optional.

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Virtual Reality & Imagery Compared for Use in Reducing Fear of Flying

Posted At : December 20, 2006 3:23 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Virtual Reality & Imagery compared for use in reducing fear of flying

Thirty participants who had been treated for aviophobia (fear of flying) with virtual reality graded exposure therapy with physiological monitoring and visual feedback (VRGETpm), virtual reality graded exposure therapy with physiological monitoring only (VRGETno), or imaginal exposure therapy (imagery) with physiological monitoring only (IET) between January 1998 and January 1999 were contacted in January 2002 for a 3-year posttreatment follow-up assessment.

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Effectiveness of Virtual Reality

Posted At : December 20, 2006 3:23 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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A pilot study at Virtual Reality Medical Center comparing the effectiveness of Virtual Reality

A randomized, controlled, pilot study at the Virtual Reality Medical CenterM in San Diego, compared the efficacy of virtual reality graded exposure therapy (VRGET) with imaginal exposure therapy for the treatment of fear of flying.

Thirty participants (mean age = 39.8 +/- 9.7) with a confirmed diagnosis of specific phobia fear of flying were randomly assigned to one of three groups: VRGET with no physiological feedback (VRGETno), VRGET with physiological feedback (VRGETpm), or systematic desensitization with imaginal exposure therapy (IET).

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A One Year Follow-Up of Relaxation Response Meditation as a Treatment for Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Posted At : December 20, 2006 3:13 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Ten of the thirteen original participants from the Relaxation Response pilot study with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) patients participated in a one year follow-up study, to determine whether the effects of Herbert Benson's Relaxation Response Meditation (RRM) on IBS symptom reduction were maintained over the year.

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IBS Reponds Well to Hypnotherapy

Posted At : December 18, 2006 3:19 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Researchers from University Hospital of South Manchester in the UK looked at long term data on the benefits of hypnotherapy on irritable bowel syndrome. Two hundred four patients prospectively completed questionnaires scoring symptoms, quality of life, anxiety, and depression before, immediately after, and up to six years following hypnotherapy. They also subjectively assessed the effects of hypnotherapy retrospectively.

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