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[Suggestion and hypnosis in hysteria]
1Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie Währinger Gürtel, Vienne, Autriche.
La Revue Du Praticien
|December 15, 1995
Summary
Suggestive influences can alter perceptions, especially under hypnosis or psychic distress. While hypnosis may help address underlying issues, it doesn't directly treat hysteria symptoms.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Neuroscience
Context:
- Suggestive influences normally align with existing beliefs.
- Altered states like hypnosis or psychic perturbations can override these criteria.
Purpose:
- To explore the role of suggestive influences in altered states of consciousness.
- To differentiate the impact of suggestions from the underlying causes of conditions like hysteria.
Summary:
- Suggestive influences are typically accepted based on existing knowledge.
- Hypnosis and hysteria share a common basis in restricted consciousness and ignored functions.
- Suggestions can shape symptomatology but do not cause hysteria; hypnosis may facilitate problem resolution.
Impact:
- Highlights the nuanced role of suggestion in psychological states.
- Differentiates between symptom shaping and causal treatment in hysteria.
- Suggests hypnosis as a potential facilitator, not a cure, for hysteria.