A Meta-Analysis for the Efficacy of Hypnotherapy in Alleviating PTSD Symptoms. Issue 1 (2nd January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rotaru, Tudor-Ștefan; Rusu, Andrei
• Is Part Of: International journal of clinical and experimental hypnosis. Volume 64:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 116
• Page End: 136
• Publication Date: 2016-01-02
• Subjects: Hypnotism -- Therapeutic use -- Periodicals; 615.8512
• DOI: 10.1080/00207144.2015.1099406
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0020-7144

Abstract

Abstract: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy of hypnotherapy in the treatment of PTSD used literature searches to obtain 47 articles. However, only 6 were experiments testing the efficacy of hypnosis-based treatments. A fixed-effects meta-analysis was applied to postintervention assessment results and 4-week follow-ups. A large effect in favor of hypnosis-based (especially manualized abreactive hypnosis) treatment was found for the studies that reported the posttest results ( d = 1.17). The temporal stability of the effect remains strong, as reflected by the 4-week follow-up assessments ( d = 1.58) and also by long-term evaluations (e.g., 12 months). Hypnosis appears to be effective in alleviating PTSD symptoms.