This 2004 Discover article highlights David Spiegal, a professor of psychiatry at Stanford University and second-generation hypnotist, who is well-known for conducting extensive studies of hypnosis in the operating room. According to Spiegal, hypnosis can make an operation shorter, less painful, and less dependent on drugs. Doctors skeptical of hypnotherapy suggest that hypnosis is simply a matter of suggestibility and relaxation. While Spiegal admits that suggestion alone is a powerful tool, he also believes that hypnosis magnifies its effects.
In his hypnosis ...
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