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Adverse reactions to hypnotherapy in obese adolescents: A developmental viewpoint

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Hypnotherapy is a method of treatment for resistant obesity. This study was undertaken to ascertain the efficacy and/or risks it holds for adolescents. All tended to see hypnosis as a quick solution to longstanding problems. Other forms of weight control therapy had been unsuccessful. Untoward reactions occurred in many teenagers. These included: dissociated state, depersonalization, anxiety and fears. Patients who were not in a deep state of hypnosis were disappointed and viewed this as another failure experience. The severe side effects were observed in those patients in the earlier developmental phases of adolescence.

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  1. Division of Adolescent Medicine, Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, 11040, New Hyde Park, N.Y.

    Calvin H. Haber M.D. (Staff Psychiatrist),  Roslyn Nitkin M.S. (Nutritionist) &  I. Ronald Shenker M.D. (Chief of Adolescent Medicine)

  2. the State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA

    Calvin H. Haber M.D. (Staff Psychiatrist) &  I. Ronald Shenker M.D. (Chief of Adolescent Medicine)

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Haber, C.H., Nitkin, R. & Shenker, I.R. Adverse reactions to hypnotherapy in obese adolescents: A developmental viewpoint. Psych Quart 51, 55–63 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01064719

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