Conclusions Due to exploratory design s and high risk of bias , the effectiveness of hypnosis or hypnotherapy in stress reduction remains still unclear .
Background Although hypnosis and hypnotherapy have become more popular in recent years , the evidence for hypnosis to influence perceived stress is unclear .
In this systematic review we search ed and evaluated r and omized clinical studies investigating the effect of hypnosis on perceived stress reduction and coping .
Reconditioning the stress response with hypnosis CD reduces the inflammatory cytokine IL-6 and influences resilience: a pilot study.
AIM The aim of this investigation was to measure the impact of a self-administered hypnosis intervention on resilience and the inflammatory cytokine IL-6 . METHOD Over a period of 12 weeks , 11 participants listened to a self-administered hypnosis stress reduction program design ed to recondition and improve participants ' emotional and physical reactions to perceived work and life stressors . Subjects were administered subjective measures of coping , resilience , and stress tolerance , as well as , IL-6 , an objective blood measure of inflammatory activity . RESULTS After 12 weeks , participants were observed to have a significantly lower IL-6 serum level from baseline . Further , participants reported a significant decrease in the use of negative appraisal coping ( such as , self-deprecating statements , perfectionism , and catastrophic and pessimistic thinking ) , and an improvement in eating/nutritional habits following the intervention . Baseline eating/nutritional habits and threat minimization coping significantly predicted a change in serum IL-6 over the course of the intervention in stepwise hierarchical regression analyses . CONCLUSION Pilot study provides support that a brief self-administered CD hypnosis stress reduction program can modify a physiological measure of inflammation ( IL-6 ) , and improve coping and resilience in the face of work and life stress
Conclusions Due to exploratory design s and high risk of bias , the effectiveness of hypnosis or hypnotherapy in stress reduction remains still unclear .
Background Although hypnosis and hypnotherapy have become more popular in recent years , the evidence for hypnosis to influence perceived stress is unclear .
In this systematic review we search ed and evaluated r and omized clinical studies investigating the effect of hypnosis on perceived stress reduction and coping .