Hypnosis is a tool with many useful dermatologic applications. It involves guiding the patient into a trance state for a specific purpose such as relaxation, pain or pruritus reduction, or habit ...

There are a lot of misconceptions floating around about hypnosis. The reality is that hypnosis can be viewed rather simply as the intentional induction of a state of trance or a certain type of focus.

A former nurse who placed women in a trance so he could grope them has been caught illegally accessing a hypnotic website. Iain Balsillie used the trigger words 'drop for me' in an attempt to make ...

THE HYPNOTIST, dangling a swinging pocket watch before the subject’s eyes, slowly intones: “You’re getting sleepy … You’re getting sleepy …” The subject’s head abruptly slumps downward. He is in a ...

Is there a difference between being in “trance” and being in a “hypnotic state”? I find these two terms quite confusing because of what I have experienced involving these two states of consciousness.

For well over a century, hypnotic suggestion has been used to successfully treat a wide range of clinical conditions, including chronic and acute pain, irritable bowel syndrome, post-traumatic stress ...