Tim Brunson DCH

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Guided Imagery in Cardiac Surgery

Posted At : January 24, 2007 4:54 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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In 1998, a research team led by Linda Halpin at the Inova Heart Center of Inova Fairfax Hospital compared cardiac surgical outcomes between two groups of heart patients - with and without guided imagery. A questionnaire was developed to assess the benefits of the guided imagery program to those who elected to participate in it, and, in addition, data from the hospital financial cost-accounting database were collected and matched to the two groups of patients.

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New uses of hypnosis in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder

Posted At : January 24, 2007 2:16 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
Related Categories: Mental Disorders


Hypnosis is associated with the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for two reasons: (1) the similarity between hypnotic phenomena and the symptoms of PTSD, and (2) the utility of hypnosis as a tool in treatment. Physical trauma produces a sudden discontinuity in cognitive and emotional experience that often persists after the trauma is over.

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