The use of hypnosis in depression treatments

The effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural therapy was studied under three different conditions: a) only cognitive-behavioural therapy, b) therapy plu s relaxation and, c) therapy together with hypnosis. Twenty-one participant s were used with age mean of 32,95 years and standard deviation of 12,43. A ll participants were diagnosed with a major depression according to the DSM -IV criteria. Results clearly show that cognitive-behavioural therapy is mo re effective when applied under hypnosis conditions. This effectiveness of the cognitive-behavioural therapy under hypnosis conditions was obtained fo r all clinical variables studied Anxiety, Depressive Neurosis, Major Depres sion, Histrionics, Psychotic Thinking.