Grounding Hypnosis in Science: The “New” APA Division 30 Definition of Hypnosis as a Step Backward

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 390-401

  Lynn, Steven Jay ^a   Green, Joseph P ^b   Kirsch, Irving ^c   Capafons, Antonio ^d   Lilienfeld, Scott O ^e   Laurence, Jean Roch ^f   Montgomery, Guy H ^g  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^g MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; NOMENCLATURE; SCIENCE;

HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; SCIENCE; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84927670919     PISSN: 00029157     EISSN: 21600562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00029157.2015.1011472     Document Type: Note

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