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The treatment of parasomnias with hypnosis: a 5-year follow-up study. |
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Friday, 22 February 2008 |
Can Hypnosis Eliminate Sleepwalking, Night Terrors, Bedwetting & Other Disorders?
A Mayo Clinic study shows that one or two hypnotherapy sessions improves or eliminates sleep disorders in over 40%, for as long as five years.
Can Hypnosis Eliminate Sleepwalking, Night Terrors, Bedwetting & Other Parasomnias?
Researchers from the Sleep Disorders Center at the Mayo Clinic College in Rochester, MN replicated and extended an earlier study (by Hurwitz et al, 1991) looking at the effectiveness of one or two sessions of hypnosis in substantially improving "parasomnias" (sleep disorders such as sleepwalking, sleep-eating, nightmares, night terrors, bedwetting, sleep sex, teeth grinding, sleep talking, restless legs syndrome, and so on) up to five years later.
The study sample consisted of thirty-six patients (19 male, 17 female), ages ranging from 6 to 71, with an average age of 32.7 years. Four were children aged 6 to 16. All had chronic, self-sustaining parasomnias. All underwent 1 or 2 hypnotherapy sessions and were then followed with a questionnaire for 5 years.
Of the 36 patients, 45.4% were symptom-free or at least much improved at the 1-month follow-up, 42.2% at the 18-month follow-up, and 40.5% at the 5-year follow-up. The study concludes that one or two sessions of hypnotherapy might be an efficient, first-line therapy for patients with certain types of parasomnias. [Ed. Note: This supports the idea that an altered state intervention is a best practice for an altered state disorder. We cannot help wonder what 3,4 or 5 sessions of hypnotherapy might do!]
Citation: Hauri PJ, Silber MH, Boeve BF. The treatment of parasomnias with hypnosis: a 5-year follow-up study. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2007 Jun 15; 3 (4): pages 369-73.
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