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DONALD L. DUDLEY, MD; THOMAS H. HOLMES, MD; C. J. MARTIN, MD; HERBERT S. RIPLEY, MD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1966;15(2):198-204.

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THERE have been many studies showing that hypnotic suggestion of emotion is followed by physiologic and psychologic change. However, the effectiveness of hypnosis in faithfully reproducing actual events appears to be a relatively neglected field of study. The work of Graham et al¹ and Stern and co-workers² demonstrated that it was possible to reproduce specific attitudes and the related physiologic change associated with different diseases in normal subjects. Studies by Cobb and associates³ have shown that the physiologic and psychologic response to hypnotic suggestion of exercise is similar to that of actual exercise. In previous studies^4,5 similar results were obtained during psychophysiologic studies of the respiratory system with the use of hypnotic suggestion, nonhypnotic suggestion, and naturally occurring events. From this work and that mentioned above it was thought that the suggested experience closely parallels the actual experience. However, no direct . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
SEATTLE

From the Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, and the Institute of Respiratory Physiology, Firland Sanatorium, Seattle (Dr. Martin).

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Submitted for publication Jan 10, 1966.

Reprint requests to Department of Psychiatry, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98105 (Dr. Dudley).

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