Showing papers by "David Spiegel published in 1989"
TL;DR: The effect of psychosocial intervention on time of survival of 86 patients with metastatic breast cancer was studied prospectively and survival plots indicated that divergence in survival began at 20 months after entry, or 8 months after intervention ended.
2,248 citations
TL;DR: The highly hypnotizable individuals showed significant decreases in amplitude of the P100 and P300 waveform components during a hypnotic hallucination that blocked perception of the stimulus, suggesting a neurophysiological basis for hypnotic sensory alteration.
Abstract: Effects of hypnotic alterations of perception on amplitude of somatosensory event-related potentials were studied in 10 highly hypnotizable subjects and 10 subjects with low hypnotizability. The highly hypnotizable individuals showed significant decreases in amplitude of the P100 and P300 waveform components during a hypnotic hallucination that blocked perception of the stimulus. When hypnosis was used to intensify attention to the stimulus, there was an increase in P100 amplitude. These findings are consistent with observations that highly hypnotizable individuals can reduce or eliminate pain by using purely cognitive methods such as hypnosis. Together with data from the visual system, these results suggest a neurophysiological basis for hypnotic sensory alteration.
143 citations
TL;DR: It is shown that different cognitive states induced by hypnosis can promote or inhibit gastric acid production, processes clearly controlled by the central nervous system.
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TL;DR: To determine the incidence and possible risk factors for the development of TCCs, case records of all patients who received trabeculectomy over a 4-year period at the Wills Eye Hospital were reviewed.
63 citations
TL;DR: Uses of hypnosis in the treatment of sexual assault victims are reviewed, with an emphasis on helping patients restructure their memories of the experience, both by reviewing them with greater control over their physical sense of comfort and safety and by balancing painful memories with recognition of their efforts to protect themselves or someone else who was endangered.
62 citations
TL;DR: The specificity of hypnosis in the program was supported by a significant correlation between weight loss and SHSS:C scores for the same group, and subject attrition was about equal across all treatment groups, suggesting all treatments were perceived as active.
Abstract: This study tested the effects of hypnosis for weight control. Hypnotizability was assessed by the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale: Form C (SHSS:C). Forty-five subjects completed the study with examiners who were blind with respect to hypnotizability scores. Subjects exposed to a simple self-management technique and to the Spiegel and Spiegel (1978) hypnosis intervention, modified to include specific food aversion, lost significantly more weight at a 3-month follow-up than subjects exposed only to the self-management treatment. The specificity of hypnosis in the program was supported by a significant correlation between weight loss and SHSS:C scores for the same group. Subject attrition was about equal across all treatment groups, suggesting all treatments were perceived as active.
33 citations
01 Jan 1989
TL;DR: The study of psychological influence on cancer progression has to date been a peculiar combination of wishful thinking and intriguing theory: hastily applied psychological treatments for cancer progression and provocative studies of psychosocial factors influencing adjustment to disease.
Abstract: The study of psychological influence on cancer progression has to date been a peculiar combination of wishful thinking and intriguing theory: hastily applied psychological treatments for cancer progression and provocative studies of psychosocial factors influencing adjustment to disease. Anatomically the brain is pervasively integrated with all other organ systems in the body by direct neural transmission as well as humoral effects via the circulation; and yet comparatively little is known about the interaction between the mind and body as it copes with progression of disease.
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