Medical hypnotherapy; even in a tertiary care setting a promising treatment

Abstract

Background: Medical hypnotherapy has shown to be an effective treatment in specified conditions such as abdominal pain or headache. Since 2016 the Beatrix children’s hospital, a tertiary care center, offers medical hypnotherapy for a high variety of complex symptom disorders in pediatric patients.Methods: This retrospective COHORT study analyzed the characteristics of pediatric patients treated with medical hypnotherapy in a tertiary care center as well as the effectiveness of the treatment.Results: 214 patients with complex chronic symptoms were treated with medical hypnotherapy. 48% Percent of all patients referred had more than one symptom and 59% of them had had their symptoms for over a year. An overall improvement of symptoms was achieved in 76% of all patients.Conclusions: Medical hypnotherapy seems an effective treatment for patients with multiple chronic and complex symptoms even in a tertiary clinical setting.

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A whole new world of healing: exploring medical hypnotherapy for pediatric patients

“…Medical hypnotherapy has been shown to alleviate a variety of symptoms independent of their nature or complexity [ 3 , 5 , 9 , 10 , 33 , 35 , 36 ]. In the following paragraphs the efficacy of medical hypnosis in procedural and acute pain, gastrointestinal, neurological and pulmonary symptoms will be discussed.…”

“…In multiple studies, pediatric patients with pulmonary symptoms or disease show considerable improvement when receiving hypnotherapy [ 9 , 13 , 79 – 96 ]. Most of these studies focused on patients with asthma or chronic dyspnea.…”

“…Parents reported increased self-confidence with regards to self-management skills [ 84 ]. A retrospective study including 2 patients with asthma and a case-report also showed improvement in symptom severity [ 9 , 84 ].…”

“…With the introduction of ‘Positive Health’ in pediatrics, which defines health as 'a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity', mind–body health techniques have become an even more relevant and accepted part of treatment [ 6 – 8 ]. In mind–body health techniques, medical hypnotherapy is increasingly used as an effective adjunctive treatment for several symptoms and disorders [ 5 , 9 , 10 ].…”