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Table 21.1.
disorders
Studies evaluating the relationship between hypnotizability and phobic
Population Rating scale Con®rmation
Non-con®rmation
Frankel 1974);
Frankel & Orne
1976)
Gerschman et al.
1979)
Foenander et al.
1980)
John, Hollander &
Perry 1983)
Mixed, clinical Harvard Group
Scale HGSH:A)
Dental phobic,
clinical
Mixed including
dental phobics,
clinical
Diagnostic Rating
Procedure DRP)
Harvard Group
Scale HGSH:A)
Mixed, clinical Harvard Group
Scale HGSH:A)
Kelly 1984) Mixed, clinical Hypnotic Induction
Pro®le HIP)
Stanford Hypnotic
Clinical Scale SHCS)
Frischholz et al.
1982)
Gerschman, Burrows
& Reade 1987)
Mixed, clinical Hypnotic Induction
Pro®le HIP)
Dental phobic,
clinical
Diagnostic Rating
Procedure DRP)
Owens et al. 1989) Mixed, solicited Stanford Hypnotic
Susceptibility Scale
SHSS C)
Con®rmation
Con®rmation
Con®rmation
Con®rmation
Con®rmation
Non-con®rmation
Con®rmation
Non-con®rmation
It is now generally considered that most psychiatric populations have lower
hypnotizability levels than non-psychiatric populations and the more severe the
disorder the lower is the level of hypnotizability. The discrepancies in hypnotizability
levels amongst groups of psychiatric patients have, however, not been
clearly understood.
Although some investigators have reported a relationship between high hypnotizability
and good outcome with hypnotic treatment the results have not been uniform
among all disorders. Hypnotizability has been related positively to the degree of
improvement in chronic pain problems, psychosomatic conditions such as asthma,
and various dermatological conditions Hilgard, 1975) and dental phobic disorders
Gerschman, Burrows & Reade, 1987).
These results are contrasted to evaluation of hypnotic treatment for addictive
disorders such as obesity, cigarette smoking and alcoholism where hypnotizability
levels appear unrelated to outcome Perry et al., 1979).