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Hypnosis Evidence Based Bibliography

Bibliography of evidence-based uses of hypnotherapy

  1. Brown, D. C., Hammond, D. C. (2007). Evidence-based clinical hypnosis for obstetrics, labor and delivery, and pre-term labor. The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 55(3), 355-371.
  2. Elkins, G., Marcus, J., Palamara, L., Stearns, V. (2004). Can hypnosis reduce hot flashes in breast cancer survivors? A literature review. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 47(1), 29-42.
  3. Elkins, G., Jensen, M. P., Patterson, D. R. (2007). Hypnotherapy for the management of chronic pain. The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 55(3), 275-287.
  4. Flammer, E., Bongartz, W. (2003). On the efficacy of hypnosis: a meta-analytic study, Contemporary Hypnosis 20(4), 179-197.
  5. Flammer, E, Alladin, A (2007). The efficacy of hypnotherapy in the treatment of psychosomatic disorders: Meta-analytic evidence. The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 55(3), 251-274.
  6. Gay, M. (2007).20Effectiveness of hypnosis in reducing mild essential hypertension: A one-year follow-up. The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 55(1), 67-83.
  7. Gonsalkorale, W., Miller, V., Afzal, A. Whorwll, P. (2003). Long term benefits of hypnotherapy for irritable bowel syndrome. Gut, 52, 1623-1629.
  8. Graci, G. M., Hardie, J. C. (2007). Evidenced-based hypnotherapy for the management of sleep disorders. The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 55(3), 288-302.
  9. Green, J., Lynn, S. (2000). A meta-analysis of gender, smoking cessations, and hypnosis. The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 48(2), 195-224.
  10. Green, J., Lynn, S., Montgomery. G. (2006). A meta-analysis of gender, smoking cessations, and hypnosis. The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 54(2), 224-233.
  11. Hammond, D. C. (2007). Review of the efficacy of clinical hypnosis with headaches and migraines. The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 55(2), 207-219.
  12. Holroyd, J. (1980). Hypnosis treatment for smoking: An evaluative review. The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 28, 341-357.
  13. Kirsch, I., (1996). Hypnotic enhancement of cognitive-behavioral weight loss treatments—another meta-reanalysis. Journal of Consulting and clinical psychology, 64 (3), 517-519.
  14. Lang, E., Rosen, M. (2002). Cost analysis of adjunct hypnosis with sedation during outpatient interventional radiological procedures. Radiology, 222, 375-382.
  15. Lynn, S. J., Cardena, E. (2007). Hypnosis and the treatment of posttraumatic conditions: An evidence-based approach. The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 55(2), 167-188.
  16. Marchioro, G., Azzarello, G., Viviani, F., et al. (2000). Hypnosis in the treatment of anticipatory nausea and vomiting in patients receiving cancer chemotherapy. Oncology, 59, 100-104.
  17. McGuinness, T. (1984). Hypnosis in the treatment of phobias: A review of the literature. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 26(4), 261-272.
  18. Mehl-Madrona, L. (2004). Hypnosis to facilitate uncomplicated birth. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 46(4), 299-312.
  19. Montogomery, G., et al. (2002). The effectiveness of adjunctive hypnosis with surgical patients: A meta-analysis. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 94, 1639-45.
  20. Neron, S., Stephenson, R. (2007). Effectiveness of hypnotherap y with cancer patient’s trajectory: Emesis, Acute pain, and analgesia and anxiolysis in procedures. The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 55(3), 336-354.
  21. Surman, O. et al. (1973). Hypnosis in the treatment of warts. Archive of General Psychiatry, 28, 439-441.
  22. Tan, G. (2005). Hypnosis and irritable syndrome: A review of efficacy and mechanism of action. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 47(3), 161-178.
  23. Thomson, L. (2007). Hypnosis for children with elimination disorders. In Wester, W., Sugarman, L. (eds.), Therapeutic hypnosis with children and adolescents, 387-397. Bethel, CT., Crown House Publishing Company LLC.
  24. Whitehead, W. (2006). Hypnosis for Irritable bowel syndrome: The empirical evidence of therapeutic effects. The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 54(1), 7-20.

Marifran Cooper MS, WHNP
Cooper Hypnosis


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