Medical Institutions who Advocate the Use of Hypnosis
- American Medical Association (AMA) approved use of hypnosis in 1958
- American Dental Association (ADA) for dental anxiety, pain reduction and when anesthesia cannot be used
- American Psychology Association (APA) for help with PTSD, ADD-ADHD, phobias, panic attacks, and grief
- National Institute of Health (NIH) 1995, supports hypnosis for treatment of chronic pain, side effects of oncology treatment, pediatric and elder care
- Stanford University Medical Center – David Spiegel, MD, major researcher in medical uses of hypnosis, specifically in cancer treatment to reduce nausea, pain and anxiety, and much more
- Harvard University Medical Center – reported that hypnosis seems to block the nerve receptors: those that affect pain, anxiety and discomfort
- Blue Shield of California, Medicare, Kaiser Permanente, hypnosis sometimes covered by insurance
- University of Washington Harborview Burn Center, David Patterson MD – hypnosis works miracles in burn care, which requires pulling off of bandages and scrubbing burned skin
- UCLA School of Neurovisceral Sciences, Women’s Health and Neuropsychiatric – Dr. Bruce Naliboff, PhD – hypnosis is very helpful in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MA – Dr. Elvira Lang, MD has been using hypnosis for 13 years to provide pain-free breast biopsies and to calm petitions, cutting treatment time and need for sedation
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