Hypnosis and irritable bowel syndrome: A review of efficacy and mechanism of action

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 161-178

  Tan, Gabriel ^b   Hammond, D Corydon ^c   Gurrala, Joseph ^a  

^a Baylor College of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IRRITABLE COLON; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLISHING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13444271568     PISSN: 00029157     EISSN: 21600562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00029157.2005.10401481     Document Type: Article

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