Hypnotherapeutic olfactory conditioning (HOC): Case studies of needle phobia, panic disorder, and combat-induced PTSD

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 184-197

  Abramowitz, Eitan G ^a   Lichtenberg, Pesach ^b,c  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; AROMATIC COMPOUND; CLONAZEPAM; ESCITALOPRAM; OLANZAPINE; PAROXETINE; RISPERIDONE; TRANQUILIZER; VENLAFAXINE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; BASIL; CASE REPORT; CONDITIONING; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EGO STRENGTH; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; HYPNOTHERAPEUTIC OLFACTORY CONDITIONING; INSOMNIA; MALE; MANDARIN; NEEDLE PHOBIA; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY MEMORY; PANIC; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SELF CONTROL; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SMELL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 61649084263     PISSN: 00207144     EISSN: 17445183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207140802665450     Document Type: Article

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