PSYCHOTHERAPY, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE USE OF HYPNOSIS
Authors: James L. Mccartney
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1939)

Article1 February 1939PSYCHOTHERAPY, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE USE OF HYPNOSISJAMES L. MCCARTNEY, M.D., F.A.C.P.JAMES L. MCCARTNEY, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-12-8-1279 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPsychotherapy in some form or other is used by every physician, and although the surgeon may use it only occasionally, the internist uses it constantly, even though he may not think of it as such. He may consider psychotherapy as persuasion, readjustment, reëducation, psychoanalysis, hypnosis, suggestion, or even bluff. Every physician admits the use of placebos, and although he may dismiss the case as purely functional, imaginative, hypochondriac, neurotic, or just faking, he usually realizes that the patient wants something done for him and so he gives a prescription, an injection, an electric treatment, or a bottle of medicine with...Bibliography1. FOREL A: Unconscious suggestion, Am. Jr. Psychol., 1893, iv, 4. Google Scholar2. FOREL A: Hypnotism and psychotherapy, 1907, Rebman, New York. Google Scholar3. BRAMWELL JM: Hypnotism, 1913, Rider, London. Google Scholar4. THOM DA: Suggestive therapy, Am. Jr. Insanity, 1920, lxxvi, 437. Google Scholar5. YOUNG PC: Hypnotism, Psychol. Bull., 1926, xxiii, 504-523. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. SCHILDERKAUDERS PO: Hypnosis, Nerv. and Ment. Dis. Mono. Series, 1927, New York and Washington. Google Scholar7. CANNON A: Hypnotic states, Lancet, 1932, ii, 1103. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. EXNER HV: Hypnosis and general practice, South African Med. Jr., 1933, vii, 171. Google Scholar9. RAEDER OJ: Hypnosis and allied forms of suggestion in practical psychotherapy, Am. Jr. Psychiatry, 1933, xiii, 69-76. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. ERICKSON MH: Survey of hypnotism, Med. Rec., 1934, cxl, 609. Google Scholar11. COOK TW: Abnormal reproduction, Jr. Abn. and Soc. Psychol., 1935, xxix, 465. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. CARLILL H: Hypnosis, Lancet, 1935, i, 61. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. BANISTER H: Psychology and health, Chap. 11, 1935, Macmillan, New York. Google Scholar14. CANNON A: The science of hypnotism, 1937, Dutton and Co., New York. Google Scholar15. MCCARTNEY JL: Principles underlying the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric cases, U. S. Naval Med. Bull., 1937, xxxv, 244-252. Google Scholar16. MCCARTNEY JL: Hypnosis; a rational form of psychotherapy in the treatment of the psychoneuroses, Jr. Nerv. and Ment. Dis., 1937, lxxxvi, 405-424. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. BENNETT C: Hypnotic power, 1937, Dutton and Co., New York. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pa.*Read at the New York meeting of the American College of Physicians, April 8, 1938. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byA half century of personal experience with hypnosis 1 February 1939Volume 12, Issue 8Page: 1279-1294KeywordsPsychoanalysisSurgeons ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1939 PDF downloadLoading ...