Hypnotically Suggested Asthma

Thorne, D. Eugene; Fisher, A. Garth

doi:10.1080/00207147808414468

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“…Neild and Cameron (34) and Horton et al (31) found no significant differences in response to suggestion based on age (age ranges were 18-65 and 17-56, respectively). Similarly, across the studies summarized in Table 1 that reported individual data, we found no significant difference in the proportion of asthmatic reactors between studies using adults, n = 278, mean age = 31.0 (16, 20-23, 25, 29, 31-37); college students, n = 28 (19,27); and children, n = 136 (24,26,28,30); \ 2 = 4.35, p > 0.10.…”

Section: Suggestion and Emotion In Asthmasupporting

confidence: 53%

“…The exceptions to this consensus used grouped data (18,19,38), and, although statistically significant changes were observed, they tended to be very short lived (less than 1 minute) and were not of sufficient magnitude be classified as pathological. Despite this, however, they are of scientific interest.…”

Section: Subject Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Three studies were not included in these figures because the number of asthmatic subjects reacting to suggestion was not reported (17)(18)(19). All of these latter studies showed statistically significant bronchial effects following suggestion.…”

Section: Bronchial Response Of Asthmatics To Suggestionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The effects of suggestion and emotional arousal on pulmonary function in asthma: a review and a hypothesis regarding vagal mediation.

Isenberg

Lehrer

Hochron

1992

Psychosomatic Medicine

169

118

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This paper reviews the empirical literature on the relation between asthma, suggestion, and emotion, and proposes the hypothesis that these effects are mediated parasympathetically. The literature indicates that, among asthmatics, suggestion can produce both bronchoconstriction and bronchodilation, and that stress can produce bronchoconstriction. The proportion of asthmatic subjects showing bronchoconstriction to both suggestion and stress averages 35%-40% across studies, but, because of methodological considerations, might be conservatively estimated as closer to 20%. The effect is smaller for suggestion of bronchodilation, and is very short-lived among nonasthmatics. No clear connection has been found between these responses and such subject variables as age, gender, asthma severity, atopy, or method of pulmonary assessment, although some nonsignificant tendencies appear. Most studies in this literature used small n's and did not systematically examine various somatic, environmental, and demographic factors that could influence results. A hypothesis is presented regarding vagal mediation of psychological effects on the airways, as well as possible alternative mechanisms, and recommendations for future research to evaluate these hypotheses.

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Section: Suggestion and Emotion In Asthmasupporting

confidence: 53%

Section: Subject Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The effects of suggestion and emotional arousal on pulmonary function in asthma: a review and a hypothesis regarding vagal mediation.

Isenberg

Lehrer

Hochron

1992

Psychosomatic Medicine

169

118

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“…Abuses involve the deliberate misapplication of hypnotic procedures for nontherapeutic goals, such as triggering asthmatic episodes (Thorne & Fisher, 1978), or intentionally eliciting painful physical sensations (Spanos, McNeil, & Stam, 1982), yet these have been reported in the literature. Furthermore, cases of sexual coercion (Perry, 1979) and armed robbery (Deyoub, 1984) that are attributed to the influence of hypnosis still persist, even though coercion through hypnosis does not seem possible (Conn, 1981; Levitt, Aronoff, Morgan, Overley, & Parrish, 1975).…”

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confidence: 99%