Hypnotherapy (or non-cardiac chest pain: long-term follow-up

摘要

We have been researching the effects of hypnotherapy in gastroenterology for many years and recently reported in Gut' that a course of 12 sessions of hypnotherapy seems to be beneficial in the treatment of non-cardiac chest pain. In a study on 28 patients comparing the effects of either hypnotherapy or a similar duration of supportive listening combined with placebo medication (control group), the active treatment resulted in a much better outcome. Of the 15 patients randomised to hypnotherapy, 12 (80%) responded to treatment, as judged by either a complete or moderate improvement in their chest pain, compared""" with 3/13 (23%) controls (p = 0.008).