Hypnosis is a human condition involving focused attention, reduced peripheral awareness, and an enhanced capacity to respond to suggestion, usually induced through a hypnotic induction of preliminary instructions and suggestions. Competing theories explain the phenomenon: altered state theories treat hypnosis as a trance or altered state of consciousness, while non-state theories treat it variously as a placebo effect, a redefined interaction with a therapist, or a form of imaginative role enactment. Its use for therapeutic purposes is called hypnotherapy, while its use as entertainment is called stage hypnosis, a form of mentalism; using hypnosis to retrieve and integrate early trauma is controversial within the scientific mainstream, and research indicates that hypnotizing a person may aid the formation of false memories, with medical hypnosis often considered pseudoscience or quackery.
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Hypnosis is a human condition involving focused attention (the selective attention/selective inattention hypothesis, SASI), reduced peripheral awareness, and an enhanced capacity to respond to suggestion.
Treats: Depression, Hypnotherapy
Physicians and psychologists may use hypnosis to treat depression, anxiety, eating disorders, sleep disorders, compulsive gambling, phobias and post-traumatic stress, while certified hypnotherapists who are not physicians or psychologists often treat smoking and weight management.
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