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Hypnotherapy attitudes in Malaysian patients with major depressive disorder: a mixed-methods study. 马来西亚重度抑郁症患者的催眠治疗态度：一项混合方法研究。

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American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis Pub Date : 2026-10-05 DOI: 10.1080/00029157.2026.2730434

Jolene Pang Wan Vun, Ponnusamy Subramaniam, Noh Amit, Suzaily Wahab, Atiqah Chew Abdullah, Ahmed Moustafa

{"title":"Hypnotherapy attitudes in Malaysian patients with major depressive disorder: a mixed-methods study.","authors":"Jolene Pang Wan Vun, Ponnusamy Subramaniam, Noh Amit, Suzaily Wahab, Atiqah Chew Abdullah, Ahmed Moustafa","doi":"10.1080/00029157.2026.2730434","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.2026.2730434","url":null,"abstract":"Despite growing evidence for hypnotherapy as an adjunctive intervention for major depressive disorder (MDD), uptake remains limited, partly due to patient misconceptions and stigma. Attitudinal research in non-Western clinical populations remains scarce. This study examined attitudes toward hypnotherapy among Malaysian adults with MDD, the influence of demographic and clinical variables on those attitudes, and the psychosocial factors underlying them. A mixed-methods design was used. Sixty-two outpatients with a DSM-5-TR diagnosis of MDD completed the Malay-translated Attitudes Toward Hypnosis Questionnaire (ATHQ-Malay) and the Credibility/Expectancy Questionnaire (CEQ). A purposive extreme-case subsample of ten participants completed structured interviews, analyzed using Braun and Clarke's (2006) thematic analysis. Demographic variables did not significantly predict ATHQ-Malay scores. The sole significant finding was higher Mental Stability among medicated participants, t(60) = 2.52, p = .014. Four qualitative themes emerged: concerns about control and privacy, trust and mental preparedness, media influence and public perception, and therapeutic efficacy and expectations. Attitudes toward hypnotherapy were shaped by psychosocial rather than demographic factors. Targeted psychoeducation addressing control, confidentiality, and therapeutic credibility may meaningfully improve receptivity to hypnotherapy as an adjunctive treatment for MDD.","PeriodicalId":46304,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149116450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Augmenting the hypnotic imagination: practical applications of artificial intelligence for clinical hypnosis. 增强催眠想象：人工智能在临床催眠中的实际应用。

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American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis Pub Date : 2026-09-30 DOI: 10.1080/00029157.2026.2736088

Marc Ross, Jon Amundson

{"title":"Augmenting the hypnotic imagination: practical applications of artificial intelligence for clinical hypnosis.","authors":"Marc Ross, Jon Amundson","doi":"10.1080/00029157.2026.2736088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.2026.2736088","url":null,"abstract":"Artificial intelligence (AI), particularly large language models (LLMs), offers clinical hypnotists a powerful and immediately accessible set of tools for enhancing practice. Despite growing interest at the intersection of AI and mental health care, virtually no practical guidance exists for clinicians seeking to integrate AI into hypnotherapy. This article addresses that gap. Written by practicing clinicians in active engagement with an AI system, it provides concrete, demystified, and clinically grounded examples of how AI can augment clinical hypnosis: from generating individualized hypnotic scripts and tailored therapeutic metaphors to synthesizing research evidence, adapting interventions across cultural contexts, designing between-session self-hypnosis resources, supporting clinical training, and generating research hypotheses. Ethical considerations - including the American Psychological Association's recent ethical guidance for AI use, informed consent, data privacy, and the clinician's irreplaceable role as curator of all AI-generated material - are discussed. The article concludes with a practical step-by-step guide, including sample prompts ready for immediate clinical use.","PeriodicalId":46304,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis","volume":" ","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149116472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Hypnosis intervention for sleep quality in caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's Disease. 催眠干预对阿尔茨海默病患者照护者睡眠质量的影响。

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American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis Pub Date : 2026-09-29 DOI: 10.1080/00029157.2026.2713606

Victor Julián Padilla, Julie Otte, Keith Sanford, Michael Scullin, Christopher Corlett, Gary Elkins

{"title":"Hypnosis intervention for sleep quality in caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's Disease.","authors":"Victor Julián Padilla, Julie Otte, Keith Sanford, Michael Scullin, Christopher Corlett, Gary Elkins","doi":"10.1080/00029157.2026.2713606","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.2026.2713606","url":null,"abstract":"Poor sleep quality is a common health issue among caregivers of adults with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD). Behavioral interventions such as hypnosis have been proposed for improving sleep in this population since pharmacological measures can impair their ability to wake up readily to provide care. The present pilot study aimed to determine the feasibility of a hypnosis intervention program for improving sleep quality in caregivers of individuals with ADRD. A sample of 21 eligible adults was randomly assigned to either a self-administered hypnosis or a sham hypnosis group. The findings indicated feasibility of accrual, randomization, and intervention delivery. The mean treatment satisfaction rating score was 8.75 (SD = 1.28) in the treatment group, on a 0-to-10 numerical rating scale (0 = highly dissatisfied, 10 = highly satisfied). The mean ease-of-use rating for the treatment procedures was 8.50 (SD = .93) in the treatment condition. Results found improvements in sleep quality and duration as measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and sleep diaries.","PeriodicalId":46304,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149082187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The effectiveness of clinical hypnosis on migraine headache symptoms and pain perception. 临床催眠对偏头痛症状及痛觉的影响。

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American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis Pub Date : 2026-09-17 DOI: 10.1080/00029157.2026.2725608

Belgheis Beit-Mashal, Siamak Khodarahimi, Atefeh Haghighat, Forough Javanbakht, Mojtaba Rahimian Bougar, Sahar Mirghobad Khodarahmi, Alireza Hoor

{"title":"The effectiveness of clinical hypnosis on migraine headache symptoms and pain perception.","authors":"Belgheis Beit-Mashal, Siamak Khodarahimi, Atefeh Haghighat, Forough Javanbakht, Mojtaba Rahimian Bougar, Sahar Mirghobad Khodarahmi, Alireza Hoor","doi":"10.1080/00029157.2026.2725608","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.2026.2725608","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined the effectiveness of the Hypnotherapy Protocol for Migraine in Adults (HPMA) in alleviating pain perception and migraine symptoms among outpatients. It was designed as a randomized controlled trial comprising three phases: baseline, intervention, and follow-up, which included both an experimental group and a wait-list control group. The sample consisted of 40 outpatients from Iran, categorized into those with aura, those without aura, and those with chronic migraine, selected through random sampling for each group. The research employed the Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ;) and the Ahvaz Migraine Questionnaire (AMQ;) for assessment. The experimental group underwent 10 sessions of HPMA, scheduled biweekly, with each session lasting 60 minutes. The analysis indicated that the experimental group showed a significant reduction in pain perception (including sensory, affective, and total scores of SF-MPQ) and migraine symptoms when compared to the wait-list control group during both the intervention and follow-up phases.","PeriodicalId":46304,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis","volume":" ","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148991957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Hypnosis-based intervention for mystical experiences: a qualitative analysis. 基于催眠的神秘体验干预：定性分析。

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American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis Pub Date : 2026-09-04 DOI: 10.1080/00029157.2026.2704105

Chris Corlett, Jesse J Norris, Sharika Majeti, Cameron Alldredge, Gary Elkins

{"title":"Hypnosis-based intervention for mystical experiences: a qualitative analysis.","authors":"Chris Corlett, Jesse J Norris, Sharika Majeti, Cameron Alldredge, Gary Elkins","doi":"10.1080/00029157.2026.2704105","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00029157.2026.2704105","url":null,"abstract":"Mystical experiences or peak spiritual experiences have been shown to be of potential benefit in facilitating personal growth and ameliorating anxiety and depression. A pilot study demonstrated the feasibility of hypnotically induced mystical experiences. Although participants' qualitative experiences were recorded and analyzed, they have yet to be reported. The present study presents a thematic analysis of findings from semi-structured interviews about individuals' subjective experiences following the hypnosis-based intervention for a mystical experience. Results revealed that participants described their experiences as personally significant, marked by intense emotion (crying, compassion, perceived release), hallucination-like phenomena (vivid imagery, synesthesia, sensed presence of deceased relatives), and insight regarding self-love, values, and life decisions. Additional themes included feelings of divine love, unity, and ego dissolution. These experiences closely resembled those reported in psychedelic contexts, while also featuring elements, such as spontaneous feelings of being loved, not fully captured by existing instruments. Future research on hypnosis, mental imagery, and guided exercises for mystical experience should include both standardized measures as well as subjective reports.","PeriodicalId":46304,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148892500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Ego-strengthening hypnotherapy, negative emotional state, and suicidal thoughts in outpatients with depression. 自我强化催眠疗法、抑郁患者的负性情绪状态与自杀倾向。

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American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis Pub Date : 2026-09-04 DOI: 10.1080/00029157.2026.2718383

Farid Zare, Siamak Khodarahimi, Amir Karami, Nasrollah Mazraeh, Maryamsadat Majdipour Tehrani, Mojtaba Rahimian Bougar, Ayoob Shirmohammadzadeh

{"title":"Ego-strengthening hypnotherapy, negative emotional state, and suicidal thoughts in outpatients with depression.","authors":"Farid Zare, Siamak Khodarahimi, Amir Karami, Nasrollah Mazraeh, Maryamsadat Majdipour Tehrani, Mojtaba Rahimian Bougar, Ayoob Shirmohammadzadeh","doi":"10.1080/00029157.2026.2718383","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.2026.2718383","url":null,"abstract":"This research aimed to investigate the efficacy of ego-strengthening hypnotherapy in reducing negative emotional states and suicidal ideation among outpatients with depressive disorders in an Iranian sample. This was a randomized controlled trial featuring three phases: baseline, intervention, and follow-up, involving both an experimental group and a wait-list control group. The sample included 40 outpatients with major depressive disorder, persistent depressive disorder, and unspecified depressive disorder, selected through random sampling for each group. In this study, the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale - 21 Items (DASS-21;) and the Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (BSSI;) assessments were utilized. The experimental group participated in 10 sessions of ego-strengthening hypnotherapy, conducted biweekly for 45 min each session. Analyses revealed that the experimental group experienced a significant decrease in negative emotional states (i.e. depression, anxiety, and stress) and suicidal ideations (i.e. wishes to die, passive suicidal thoughts, and active suicidal thoughts) in comparison to the wait-list control group during both the intervention and follow-up phases.","PeriodicalId":46304,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148892516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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From trance to truth: Paradoxical hypnotic reactions exposing psychogenic orofacial symptoms: A case series. 从恍惚到真实：暴露心因性口腔面部症状的矛盾催眠反应：一个案例系列。

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American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis Pub Date : 2026-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/00029157.2026.2710805

Gilad Wasserman, Iftah Biran, Yacov Ezra, Ayelet Zlotogorski Hurvitz

{"title":"From trance to truth: Paradoxical hypnotic reactions exposing psychogenic orofacial symptoms: A case series.","authors":"Gilad Wasserman, Iftah Biran, Yacov Ezra, Ayelet Zlotogorski Hurvitz","doi":"10.1080/00029157.2026.2710805","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.2026.2710805","url":null,"abstract":"Chronic orofacial pain conditions, such as temporomandibular disorders and persistent idiopathic facial pain, frequently involve significant psychosocial dimensions that complicate treatment. Hypnotherapy represents a promising integrative intervention bridging psychological and somatic experience, yet paradoxical reactions - symptom exacerbation rather than relief - may occasionally occur. This observational case series presents three patients from a tertiary orofacial pain clinic who exhibited such reactions during standardized hypnotic sessions. Rather than representing therapeutic failures, these paradoxical responses are interpreted as clinically meaningful diagnostic moments, unmasking the psychogenic and functional nature of chronic symptoms and exposing patients' underlying defensive organization. Each case illustrates a distinct stance along a continuum from partial abreaction to defensive encapsulation to dissociative destabilization, reflecting varying degrees of ego integration under affective activation. Across all three cases, the hypnotic induction served as a provocative mirror, creating a tangible experiential link between somatic symptoms and previously unarticulated emotional distress. In each instance, the paradoxical reaction facilitated engagement with psychotherapy that had previously been resisted. These cases suggest that clinicians employing hypnosis for chronic orofacial pain should anticipate paradoxical reactions, assess patients' defensive organization prior to treatment, and approach symptom exacerbation as a potential portal to psychotherapeutic integration rather than an indication to abandon the intervention.","PeriodicalId":46304,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148882138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Patient awareness and misconceptions regarding hypnodontic applications: A cross-sectional survey. 患者对催眠应用的认知和误解：一项横断面调查。

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American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis Pub Date : 2026-09-02 DOI: 10.1080/00029157.2026.2713618

Mustafa Yiğit Elmas, Nurdan Polat Sağsöz, Nuran Yanikoglu

{"title":"Patient awareness and misconceptions regarding hypnodontic applications: A cross-sectional survey.","authors":"Mustafa Yiğit Elmas, Nurdan Polat Sağsöz, Nuran Yanikoglu","doi":"10.1080/00029157.2026.2713618","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00029157.2026.2713618","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: Hypnodontics offers documented benefits for managing dental anxiety, gag reflex, bruxism, and temporomandibular disorders. Despite this therapeutic potential, patient awareness of clinical hypnosis in dentistry remains largely unexamined. This study assessed the knowledge and beliefs regarding hypnodontics among patients attending a university prosthodontic clinic.Methods: A cross-sectional survey evaluated 200 patients (response rate: 63.1%) at the Prosthodontics Clinic of Atatürk University between July and September 2022. The adapted instrument comprised a total of 16 questions; 10 questions specifically focused on clinical hypnosis knowledge and beliefs, while the remainder assessed sociodemographic characteristics. Data were analyzed using Pearson Chi-square and Yates' continuity correction tests with Bonferroni correction (p < .05).Results: Although 69.5% of participants recognized the term hypnosis, only 25.5% were aware of its dental applications, and 83.5% were unfamiliar with traditional and complementary medicine as a formal system. The internet was the primary information source (69.0%). Highly prevalent misconceptions included beliefs that individuals could become permanently entrapped in a hypnotic state (72.5%) or have private information forcibly extracted (57.5%). Misconception rates were significantly higher among participants with lower educational levels (p < .001) and varied by gender (p < .05).Conclusion: Prosthodontic patients demonstrate limited knowledge and prevalent, media-driven misconceptions regarding hypnodontics. Dental professionals must address these knowledge gaps through targeted education to facilitate the broader clinical adoption of hypnosis in dentistry.","PeriodicalId":46304,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148882069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Aging and hypnosis. 衰老和催眠。

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American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-08-18 DOI: 10.1080/00029157.2026.2655183

Consuelo Candida Casula

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Addressing fear of breast cancer recurrence through process-oriented hypnosis. 通过过程导向催眠解决对乳腺癌复发的恐惧。

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American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-08-18 DOI: 10.1080/00029157.2026.2661685

Shawn R Criswell

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