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Experiences with group hypnosis on schizophrenics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

J. Illovsky
J. Illovsky*
Affiliation:
Central Islip State Hospital, Central Islip, N. Y.
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Eighty chronic schizophrenic women hospitalized for an average of 6·8 years received group hypnotherapy twice weekly in addition to tranquillizers. After four months, 42 per cent. were discharged on convalescent leave; by the end of a year, a total of 48 patients (60 per cent.) had been released. All discharged patients—except four who required rehospitalization —made a satisfactory adjustment to their family and social responsibilities during the one-year follow-up period.

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Therapeutic Trials
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 108 , Issue 456 , September 1962 , pp. 685 - 693
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1962 

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