Academic and institutional hypnotherapy studies

This comparative study found that 73% of subjects using self-hypnosis reported disappearance of tinnitus during treatment sessions, compared to only 24% in the brief auditory stimulus control group. Short-term (1 week) and longer-term (2 months) follow-ups showed significant improvement.

Clinical trial demonstrating improvements in tinnitus severity using hypnosis plus self-hypnosis.

Review and case series describing tinnitus improvements with hypnosis.

Recent case study showing significant tinnitus improvement using hypnotherapy.

Comprehensive meta-analysis showing benefits of hypnosis across a wide range of mental and somatic disorders.

Institutional summary of recent advances in clinical hypnosis, including pain, anxiety, and stress.

Institutional overview of hypnosis and hypnotherapy with guidance for patients and practitioners.

Meta-analysis demonstrating significant benefits of hypnosis in reducing various forms of anxiety.

Systematic overview of hypnosis interventions in anxiety, including examination stress studies.

Meta-analysis confirming hypnosis reduces anxiety in oncology patients.

Evidence that hypnosis reduces anxiety and distress around medical and surgical interventions.

Updated meta-analysis showing hypnosis is effective in surgical settings for anxiety and pain reduction.

Meta-analysis showing hypnosis reduces pre-op anxiety and post-op pain in breast surgery patients.

RCT showing a single hypnosis session significantly reduced perioperative anxiety in surgical patients.

Review of hypnosis for invasive medical procedures, confirming efficacy in reducing anxiety and discomfort.

Protocol and results of an RCT testing hypnosis as an adjunct for reducing anxiety before surgery.

Background and methodology summarising meta-analytic evidence for hypnosis in perioperative anxiety reduction.

Randomized trial demonstrating hypnosis reduced stress and improved emotional regulation in participants.

Combination of mindfulness and hypnosis shown to reduce stress and improve wellbeing.

Meta-analysis showing hypnotherapy can improve sleep onset and quality in insomnia patients.

Systematic review/meta-analysis showing hypnosis interventions improve sleep quality and duration.

RCT comparing different hypnosis scripts; both groups showed improved sleep outcomes.

Study showing hypnosis improved sleep quality among university students.

Narrative review covering 25 studies (11 RCTs) supporting hypnosis as an insomnia treatment.

Systematic review confirming hypnosis effectively reduces acute and chronic pain.

Recent meta-analysis confirming hypnosis efficacy for both acute and chronic pain conditions.

Review summarising the role of hypnosis in reducing pain and anxiety in anaesthesia contexts.

Systematic review/meta-analysis confirming hypnotherapy is effective in reducing IBS symptoms.

NICE notes hypnotherapy (alongside CBT) as a useful therapy for IBS, and recommends further large-scale RCTs.