A review of the effects of hypnosis on the immune system in breast cancer patients: A brief communication

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 411-425

  Hudacek, Kristin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANXIETY; AUTOGENIC TRAINING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CYTOTOXICITY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IMAGERY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; STRESS; TUMOR IMMUNITY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL;

EID: 34548447634     PISSN: 00207144     EISSN: 17445183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207140701506706     Document Type: Review

References (30)

1. Bakke, A. C., Purtzer, M. Z., & Newton, P. (2002). The effect of hypnotic-guided imagery on psychological well-being and immune function in patients with prior breast cancer. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 53, 1131-1137.
2. Barabasz, A., & Barabasz, M. (1992). Research design considerations. In E. Fromm & M. Nash (Eds.), Contemporary Hypnosis Research (pp. 173-200). New York: Guilford.
3. Barabasz, A., & Watkins, J. (2005). Hypnotherapeutic techniques. New York: Brunner.
4. Black, S., Humphrey, J. H., & Niven, J. S. (1963). Inhibition of the Mantoux reaction by direct suggestion under hypnosis. British Medical Journal, 1, 1649-1652.
5. Blake-Mortimer, J. S., Sephton, S. E., Carlson, R. W., Stites, D., & Spiegel, D. (2004). Cytotoxic T lymphocyte count and survival time in women with metastatic breast cancer. The Breast Journal, 10, 195-199.
6. Bongartz, W., Lyncker, I., & Kossman, K. T. (1987). The influence of hypnosis on white blood cell count and urinary levels of catecholamines and vanillyl mandelic acid. Hypnos, The Swedish Journal of Hypnosis, 14, 52-61.
7. Christensen, C. C. (2005). Preferences for descriptors of hypnosis: A brief communication. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 53, 281-289.
8. Dinges, D. F., Whitehouse, W. G., Orne, E. C., Bloom, P. B., Carlin, M. M., Bauer, N. K., et al. (1997). Self-hypnosis training as an adjunctive treatment in the management of pain associated with sickle cell disease. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 4, 417-432.
9. Fawzy, F. I., Canada, A. L., & Fawzy, N. W. (2003). Malignant melanoma: Effects of a brief, structured psychiatric intervention on survival and recurrence at 10-year follow-up. Archives of General Psychiatry, 60, 100-103.
10. Fawzy, F. I., Fawzy, N. W., Hyun, C. S., Elashoff, R., Guthrie, D., Fahey, J. L., et al. (1993). Malignant melanoma: Effects of an early structured psychiatric intervention, coping, and affective state on recurrence and survival 6 years later. Archives of General Psychiatry, 50, 681-689.
11. Fawzy, F. I., Kemeny, M. E., Fawzy, N. W., Elashoff, R., Morton, D., Cousins, N., et al. (1990). A structured psychiatric intervention for cancer patients. II. Changes over time in immunological measures. Archives of General Psychiatry, 47, 729-735.
12. Gruber, B. L., Hersh, S. P., Hall, N. R., Waletzky, L. R., Kunz, J. F., Carpenter, J. K., et al. (1993). Immunological responses of breast cancer patients to behavioral interventions. Biofeedback and Self-Regulation, 18, 1-22.
13. Gruzelier, J. H. (2002). A review of the impact of hypnosis, relaxation, guided imagery and individual differences on aspects of immunity and health. Stress, 5, 147-163.
14. Herbert, T. B., & Cohen, S. (1993). Stress and immunity in humans: A meta-analytic review. Psychosomatic Medicine, 55, 364-379.
15. Hidderley, M., & Holt, M. (2004). A pilot randomized trial assessing the effects of autogenic training in early stage cancer patients in relation to psychological status and immune system responses. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 8, 61-65.
16. Kiecolt-Glaser, J. K., & Glaser, R. (1992). Psychoneuroimmunology: Can psychological interventions modulate immunity? Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 60, 569-575.
17. Lehrer, P. M., & Woolfolk, R. L. (1993). Principles and practice of stress management. New York: Guilford.
18. Locke, S. E., Ransil, B. J., Zachariae, R., Molay, F., Tollins, K., Covino, N. A., et al. (1994). Effect of hypnotic suggestion on the delayed-type hypersensitivity response. Journal of the American Medical Association, 272, 47-52.
19. Miller, G., & Cohen, S. (2001). Psychological interventions and the immune system: A meta-analytic review and critique. Health Psychology, 20, 47-63.
20. Naito, A., Laidlaw, T. M., Henderson, D. C., Farahani, L., Dwivedi, P., & Gruzelier, J. H. (2003). The impact of self-hypnosis and Johrei on lymphocyte subpopulations at exam time: A controlled study. Brain Research Bulletin, 62, 241-253.
21. Nossal, G. J. (1993). Life, death, and the immune system. Scientific American, 269, 20-30.
22. Raz, A. (2005). Attention and hypnosis: Neural substrates and genetic associations of two converging processes. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 53, 237-258.
23. Richardson, M. A., Post-White, J., Grimm, E. A., Moye, L. A., Singletary, S. E., & Justice, B. (1997). Coping, life attitudes, and immune responses to imagery and group support after breast cancer treatment. Alternative Therapies, 3, 62-70.
24. Simonton, O. C., & Matthews-Simonton, S. (1981). Cancer and stress: Counseling the cancer patient. Medical Journal of Australia, 1, 679-683.
25. Smith, P. R., Barabasz, A., Barabasz, M., & Warner, D. (1995). Effects of hypnosis on the immune response: B-Cells, T-Cells, Helper and Suppressor Cells. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 38, 71-79.
26. Spiegel, D., Bloom, J. R., Kraemer, H. C., & Gottheil, E. (1989). Effect of psychosocial treatment on survival of patients with metastatic breast cancer. The Lancet, 888-891.
27. Turner-Cobb, J. M., Sephton, S. E., & Spiegel, D. (2001). Psychosocial effects on immune function and disease progression in cancer: Human studies. In R. Ader, D. L. Felten, & N. Cohen (Eds.), Psychoneuroimmunology (Vol. 2, pp. 565-582). San Diego: Academic Press.
28. Weitzenhoffer, A., & Hilgard, E. (1962). Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale: Form C. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press.
29. Whitehouse, W. G., Dinges, D. F., Orne, E. C., Keller, S. E., Bates, B. L., Bauer, N. K., et al. (1996). Psychosocial and immune effects of self-hypnosis training for stress management throughout the first semester of medical school. Psychosomatic Medicine, 58, 249-263.
30. Wicks, G. R. (1989). Abdominal surgery using hypnosis as the sole anesthetic - A case study (videotape - 51 minutes). Presented by the South Australian Branch of the Australian Society of Hypnosis Ltd. Adelaide, South Australia: The Adelaide Children's Hospital Educational Resource Center.