Hypnosis in Childbirth

Michael, A. M.

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“…Nevertheless, that the technique is demonstrated significantly to reduce pain during this critical phase should encourage its acceptance, as is recommended by previous researchers who have found similar analgesic effects with 'direct' hypnosis or self-hypnosis training (e.g. Davidson, 1978, August, 1960Kline and Guze, 1955;Kroger and De Lee, 1943;Michael, 1952).…”

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“…The obstacle of cost-effectiveness in prenatal preparation is dealt with by Michael (1952) by mass or group hypnosis. From his results in a comparative study of 30 subjects hypnotically prepared against 30 controls, he makes three points: (1) hypnosis can benefit the parturient woman by assuring relaxation and abolishing the pain of labor, (2) the duration of labor is shortened, and (3) the training of labor ward staff in the handling of the hypnotic patient is most important and can be easily accomplished.…”

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Modern Trends in Hypnosis

Waxman¹

1985

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Modern Trends in Hypnosis

Waxman¹

1985

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“…Michael 107 found that some patients who at best attained only "a very light hypnotic trance" underwent labor without medications and without manifesting overt signs of pain while others who attained " a deep trance" experienced severe pain and required standard doses of narcotics. Michael 107 found that some patients who at best attained only "a very light hypnotic trance" underwent labor without medications and without manifesting overt signs of pain while others who attained " a deep trance" experienced severe pain and required standard doses of narcotics.…”

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The Effects of “Hypnosis” on Pain

Barber

1963

Psychosomatic Medicine

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Experimental and clinical studies concerned with the effects of "hypnotically-suggested analgesia" in surgery, in labor, and in chronic pain are critically evaluated. The review suggests that "hypnotic analgesia" at times produces not a reduction in pain but an unwillingness to state directly to the hypnotist that pain was experienced or a temporary "amnesia" for the pain experienced. In other instances, suggestions of pain relief given under "hypnosis" produce some degree of diminution in anxiety and pain as indicated by reduction in physiological responses to noxious stimuli and by reduction in requests for pain-relieving drugs. The data suggest that "the hypnotic trance state" may be an extraneous variable in ameliorating pain experience in situations described as "hypnosis;" the critical variables appear to include: (a) suggestions of pain relief, which are (b) given in a close interpersonal setting. A NUMBER OF INVESTIGATOHS 34 contendthat "hypnotically-suggested analgesia" lessens or entirely prevents pain, while others 82 are of the opinion that hypnotic suggestions produce verbal denial of pain experience without affecting pain and suffering. This paper critically evaluates the effects of "hypnosis" on pain. Relevant clinical and experimental studies are reviewed to answer two questions: (1) Does "hypnotically-suggested analgesia" refer to reduction of pain, to verbal denial of the pain experienced, or to a combination of both of these effects? (2) Of the many independent and intervening variables subsumed under the term "hyp-From the Medfleld Foundation, Medfleld, Mass.

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“…Michael (1952) obtained a high degree of success by the criteria he established for its use in childbirth. He used volunteer subjects who were given training sessions.…”

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Hypnosis in the Casualty Department

Goldie¹

1956

BMJ

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Hypnosis in Childbirth

Cited by 25 publications

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Modern Trends in Hypnosis

Modern Trends in Hypnosis

The Effects of “Hypnosis” on Pain

Hypnosis in the Casualty Department

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