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Individual and group hypnotherapy in treatment of refractory irritable bowel syndrome
R F Harvey1, R A Hinton, R M Gunary
1Gastroenterology Unit, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol.
Lancet (London, England)
|February 25, 1989
Abstract:
33 patients with refractory irritable bowel syndrome were treated with four 40-minute sessions of hypnotherapy over 7 weeks. 20 improved, 11 of whom lost almost all their symptoms. Short-term improvement was maintained for 3 months without further formal treatment. Hypnotherapy in groups of up to 8 patients was as effective as individual therapy.