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Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Hypnosis

The American Hypnosis Association presents thirty-four (34) studies related to Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Hypnosis.

  • Study 1: Hypnosis for IBS – Especially for clients under age 50 (and describes sessions and suggestions given)
  • Study 2: Hypnosis for IBS – Helps both Diarrhea-Predominant IBS and Constipation-Predominant IBS
  • Study 3: Hypnosis for IBS Symptoms, Quality of Life and Anxiety
  • Study 4: Hypnosis and Refractory IBS (I.E., Remains unresponsive to pharmacological treatments) – For Abdominal Pain, Abdominal Distension, General Well-Being, and Bowel Habit
  • Study 5: Long-Term Benefits of Hypnosis for IBS (Beneficial effects of Hypnotherapy appear to last at least five years or more)
  • Study 6: Hypnosis for Children with IBS or Functional Abdominal Pain
  • Study 7: Research Consistently Shows Hypnosis has Substantial Beneficial Effect on IBS – even for patients unresponsive to standard medical interventions
  • Study 8: Hypnosis and IBS – Overview and Review – Hypnosis consistently improves symptoms of IBS possibly in physiological and psychological ways
  • Study 9: Hypnosis to Manage IBS
  • Study 10: Hypnosis for IBS – Meta-Analysis
  • Study 11: Hypnosis for IBS – Study of 1,000 IBS Patients
  • Study 12: Nurse-Administered Hypnosis for IBS
  • Study 13: Gut-Focused Hypnotherapy for Gastrointestinal Disorders
  • Study 14: Individual and Group Hypnotherapy for IBS
  • Study 15: Skype Hypnotherapy for IBS
  • Study 16: Combining Hypnosis and Echography to Treat IBS
  • Study 17: Gut-Directed Hypnotherapy for IBS
  • Study 18: Group and Self-Help Hypnotherapy for IBS
  • Study 19: Practitioners’ Experiences Using Gut Directed Hypnosis for IBS
  • Study 20: Long Term Individual Therapist Delivered and Standardized Hypnotherapy Recordings for Pediatric IBS
  • Study 21: Hypnobiome Hypnotherapy for IBS
  • Study 22: Hypnotherapy for IBS
  • Study 23: Patient Expectations and Perceptions of Hypnosis for IBS
  • Study 24: Case Study Using CBT Techniques and Hypnosis for IBS
  • Study 25: Individual vs Group Hypnotherapy for IBS
  • Study 26: Hypnotherapy for IBS: Effect of Intervention Characteristics
  • Study 27: Hypnosis for IBS Severity of Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Quality of Life
  • Study 28: Hypnotherapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients with IBS-Type Symptoms
  • Study 29: Efficacy of Hypnotherapy to Treat IBS
  • Study 30: Gut-Focused Hypnotherapy for Children and Adolescents with IBS
  • Study 31: Smartphone App-Delivered Hypnotherapy for IBS
  • Study 32: Hypnotherapy vs CBT for Chronic Pain and Cognitive-Emotional Regulation in Patients with IBS
  • Study 33: Mobile App’s for IBS Gut-Directed Hypnotherapy
  • Study 34: Digital Gut-Directed Hypnotherapy vs Muscle Relaxation for IBS
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