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Catalano Chiuvé S, Momjian S, Wolff A, Corniola MV. Effectiveness and reliability of hypnosis in stereotaxy: a randomized study. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2024; 166:112. [PMID: 38411747 PMCID: PMC10899299 DOI: 10.1007/s00701-024-05943-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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BACKGROUND Patients suffering from Parkinson's disease (PD) may experience pain during stereotactic frame (SF) fixation in deep brain stimulation (DBS). We assessed the role of hypnosis during the SF fixation in PD patients undergoing awake bilateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) DBS. METHODS N = 19 patients were included (N = 13 males, mean age 63 years; N = 10 allocated to the hypnosis and N = 9 allocated to the control groups). Patients were randomly assigned to the interventional (hypnosis and local anesthesia) or non-interventional (local anesthesia only) groups. The primary outcome was the pain perceived (the visual analogue scale (VAS)). Secondary outcomes were stress, anxiety, and depression, as measured by the perceived stress scale (PSS) and hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS). Procedural distress was measured using the peritraumatic distress inventory (PDI-13). RESULTS In the hypnosis group, VASmean was 5.6 ± 2.1, versus 6.4 ± 1.2 in the control group (p = 0.31). Intervention and control groups reported similar VASmax scores (7.6 ± 2.1 versus 8.6 ± 1.6 (p = 0.28), respectively). Both groups had similar HADS scores (6.2 ± 4.3 versus 6.7 ± 1.92, p = 0.72 (HADSa) and 6.7 ± 4.2 versus 7.7 ± 3, p = 0.58 (HADSd)), so were the PSS scores (26.1 ± 6.3 versus 25.1 ± 7, p = 0.75). Evolutions of VASmean (R2 = 0.93, 95% CI [0.2245, 1.825], p = 0.03) and PDI-13 scores (R2 = 0.94, 95% CI [1.006, 6.279], p = 0.02) significantly differ over follow-up with patients in the hypnosis groups showing lower scores. CONCLUSION In this unblinded, randomized study, hypnosis does not influence pain, anxiety, and distress during awake SF fixation but modulates pain memory over time and may prevent the integration of awake painful procedures as a bad experience into the autobiographical memory of patients suffering from PD. A randomized controlled study with more data is necessary to confirm our findings.
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- Sabina Catalano Chiuvé
- Neurology Department, Neuropsychology Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Medicine, Université of Genève, Geneva, Suisse
- Neurosurgery Department, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Anesthesiology Department, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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Cyna AM, Hewson DW, Hardman JG. Clinical hypnosis: implications in anaesthesia and perioperative care. Br J Anaesth 2023; 130:647-650. [PMID: 36967280 DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2023.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023] Open
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A randomised trial published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia describes hypnosis compared with general anaesthesia in 60 children undergoing superficial surgery. We describe a definition of clinical hypnosis; the goals and conduct of hypnotic communication; and its potential as both an adjunct and, in suitable cases, alternative to traditional pharmacological anaesthesia.
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- Allan M Cyna
- Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, Australia; Discipline of Acute Care Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Academic Unit of Injury, Recovery and Inflammation Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; Department of Anaesthesia, Queen's Medicine Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Academic Unit of Injury, Recovery and Inflammation Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; Department of Anaesthesia, Queen's Medicine Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
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Facco E. Hypnosis and Hypnotic ability between old beliefs and new evidences: An epistemological reflection. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL HYPNOSIS 2022; 64:20-35. [PMID: 34748464 DOI: 10.1080/00029157.2020.1863181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The history of hypnosis has been marked by its effectiveness paralleled by prejudicial refusal, due to its ostensible incompatibility with the ruling Weltbild (picture of the world). Its interpretation has been mainly based on concepts like suggestibility, dissociation, hallucination, impairment of sense of agency, and free will. Nevertheless, little evidence and agreement has been reached so far on the nature of hypnosis and hypnotic ability, an uncertainty enhanced by the wide range of meanings and ambiguities of the used terms. This article analyzes the main epistemological implications involved in the topic.
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- Enrico Facco
- University of Padua, Padua, Italy
- Inst. Franco Granone – Italian Center of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (CIIICS), Turin, Italy
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A clinical operative sequence for hypnosis implementation to general anesthesia during major surgery for orthotopic liver transplantation. Ann Med Surg (Lond) 2022; 80:104345. [PMID: 35992210 PMCID: PMC9386021 DOI: 10.1016/j.amsu.2022.104345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2022] [Accepted: 07/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Facco E, Bacci C, Zanette G. Hypnosis as sole anesthesia for oral surgery: The egg of Columbus. J Am Dent Assoc 2021; 152:756-762. [PMID: 34332655 DOI: 10.1016/j.adaj.2021.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Revised: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW Hypnosis, despite its effectiveness, has been neglected. The aim of this study is to show the effectiveness and manageability of hypnosis as a stand-alone technique in dentistry. CASE DESCRIPTION Three patients underwent 6 oral surgery procedures (surgical third-molar removal, implant surgery, maxillary bone augmentation, and mucogingival surgery) with hypnosis as the only anesthetic. Two of the 3 patients had difficulties: 1 was sensitive to multiple chemicals, had Addison disease, and had previously experienced anaphylactic reactions to local anesthetics; the other was allergic to lidocaine and had undergone a paradoxical reaction to pharmacologic sedation in the past. All 3 patients had 2 preoperative sessions each to assess their perioperative risk, level of anxiety, hypnotic susceptibility, and capacity to develop full hypnotic analgesia. On a surgery day, hypnosis was induced and hypnotic analgesia was obtained according to a standard protocol, a procedure taking no more than 9 minutes in each case. Each surgical procedure was then completed successfully with the patient in a painless condition of full relaxation and sense of well-being, with stable cardiovascular parameters. None of the patients required postoperative analgesics, which were prescribed for use as needed. CONCLUSIONS AND PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS Hypnosis is a valuable tool in dentistry, enabling the safe and rapid relief of anxiety and phobia and raising patient pain thresholds to the level of surgical analgesia. Unlike drugs and equipment, it is always readily available, cost-free, and has no adverse effects when administered by competent professionals. Hypnosis can be used for sedation in most patients and as a stand-alone technique in those with appropriate hypnotic susceptibility, improving the well-being and safety of patients.
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Carvello M, Lupo R, Muro M, Grilli G, Ogorzalek K, Rubbi I, Artioli G. Nurse's knowledge and perceptions on communicative hypnosis: an observational study. ACTA BIO-MEDICA : ATENEI PARMENSIS 2021; 92:e2021027. [PMID: 34328143 PMCID: PMC8383218 DOI: 10.23750/abm.v92is2.11211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Background and aim of the study. Much evidence shows that hypnotic communication can have a pain-relieving effect and reduce complications such as anxiety, insomnia and depression. Whenever this technique was applied, the use of pharmaceuticals was reduced, there were fewer side effects, shorter hospitalization times frames and lower treatment costs. The aim of this study is to evaluate the knowledge and perceptions of nurses about hypnotic communication and the causes for which this technique is not frequently used. A secondary objective pointed to measuring the effectiveness of an educational event on hypnosis. Method. The evaluation was done by directly administering an anonymous and voluntary survey created ad hoc, in a pre-test and post-test modality, to nurses subscribed to a four-hour formative event on hypnotic communication organized in 2019 by the Nursing Order, Province of Ravenna. Results. 78 nurses (85.7%) participated in the study. The analysis of the pre-test results shows a gap of knowledge regarding hypnotic communication. The variation of answers between the pre-test and post-test (T-Student) has shown a radical difference in knowledge (95%-100% correct answers). The main causes were found regarding the lack of use for hypnotic communication: stereotypes and prejudices related to this technique and insufficient university education. Conclusions. The implementation of this technique, effective and efficient under various aspects, requires a preliminary creation of culture regarding this theme, capable of surpassing the stereotypes and resistances brought by a lack of theoretical elements.
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- Hospital "San Giuseppe da Copertino", ASL (Local Health Authority) (Le), Italy.
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- 1) Nurse at "Città della Salute e della Scienza" Hospital, Torino, Italy; 2) President of A.S.I.E.C.I, Italian Scientific Association of Experienced Nurses in Hypnotic Communication.
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- Nurse at Villa Montefeltro Hospital, Sassocorvaro, Italy.
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- Student in Foreign languages, cultures and literatures, Salento University .
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- School of Nursing, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
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Facco E. Pain, the uknown: epistemological issues and related clinical implications. Minerva Anestesiol 2021; 87:1255-1267. [PMID: 34263590 DOI: 10.23736/s0375-9393.21.15920-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Despite the huge development of pain management in the past decades, pain remains elusive and many patients still remain in the middle of the ford struggling between low drug efficacy and their overuse. A reason for pain elusiveness is its nature of subjective phenomenon, escaping the meshes of the objectivist, mechanist-reductionist net prevailing in medicine. Actually, pain is not only a symptom but an essential aspect of life, consciousness and contact with the world and its noetic and autonoetic components play a key role in the development of the concepts of pleasure-unpleasure and good-evil. The intensity and tolerability of pain and suffering also depends on what the pain means to the patient. The outstanding effects of placebo and nocebo, behavioral and non-pharmacological techniques warrant the need for a shift from the traditional positivist idea of patient as passive carrier of disease to the patient as active player of recovery and move toward a patient's centered approach exploiting individual resources for recovery. Among the mentioned techniques, hypnosis has proved to increase pain threshold up to the level of surgical analgesia, improve acute and chronic pain as well as coping and resilience, helping to decrease both drug overuse and the costs of pharmacological therapy. The wealth of available data suggest the need for a holistic approach, aiming to take care of the individual as an inseparable mind-body unit in its interplay with the environment, where patient's inner world, his/her experience and cognition are taken into due account as powerful resources for recovery through a phenomenological-existential approach.
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- Enrico Facco
- Studium Patavinum, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy - .,Institute F. Granone, Italian Center of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (CIICS), Turin, Italy -
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Facco E, Bacci C, Casiglia E, Zanette G. Preserved critical ability and free will in deep hypnosis during oral surgery. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL HYPNOSIS 2021; 63:229-241. [PMID: 33617428 DOI: 10.1080/00029157.2020.1797625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Free will is a complex construct that includes critical reasoning, sense of ownership, and agency. The whole history of hypnosis has been linked to suggestibility. Little agreement has been reached, however, on exactly what we mean by suggestibility, and its role in hypnosis, despite the abundance of studies, hypotheses, and theories published to date. We report on a highly hypnotizable patient with a previous allergy to lidocaine and paradoxical reactions to pharmacological sedation, who underwent oral surgery with mepivacaine for local anesthesia, and hypnosis for sedation. During the procedure, she felt some pain and the hypnotist recommended bupivacaine to ensure lasting anesthesia. While remaining under deep hypnosis, the patient refused to change anesthetic and decided autonomously to continue with mepivacaine (for which she had previously been tested for allergy). Our case clearly shows a preserved, exemplary reasoning and ability to make autonomous decisions diverging from the hypnotist's advice while under deep hypnosis.
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Perri RL, Facco E, Quinzi F, Bianco V, Berchicci M, Rossani F, Di Russo F. Cerebral mechanisms of hypnotic hypoesthesia. An ERP investigation on the expectancy stage of perception. Psychophysiology 2020; 57:e13657. [DOI: 10.1111/psyp.13657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2020] [Revised: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Rinaldo Livio Perri
- Department Unicusano University “Niccolò Cusano” Rome Italy
- Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences University of Rome “Foro Italico” Rome Italy
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- Studium Patavinum Department of Neurosciences University of Padova Padova Italy
- Institution F. GranoneItalian Center of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis Turin Italy
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- Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences University of Rome “Foro Italico” Rome Italy
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- Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences University of Rome “Foro Italico” Rome Italy
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- Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences University of Rome “Foro Italico” Rome Italy
- IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation Rome Italy
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Cozzolino M, Celia G, Rossi KL, Rossi EL. Hypnosis as Sole Anesthesia for Dental Removal in a Patient with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. Int J Clin Exp Hypn 2020; 68:371-383. [PMID: 32543265 DOI: 10.1080/00207144.2020.1762494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Despite a number of studies on hypnosis as analgesia and anesthesia in several medical conditions, case studies on patients with multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) are still relatively few. This case study is about a female patient with MCS who underwent dental removal using hypnosis as the sole anesthesia. The paradigm in which we work is psychosocial genomics of clinical hypnosis. We used the mind-body transformations therapy, one of the clinical methods of the psychosocial genomics paradigm. In order to induce not only effective analgesia and anesthesia but also a condition of well-being, problem-solving, effective coping and self-empowerment in our patient, 3 different hypnotic protocols were used in a multidimensional approach. Although further research is needed, our work might open up new scenarios for the application of hypnosis as sole anesthesia in conditions such as MCS.
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- Mauro Cozzolino
- Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Research on Psycho-Social Genomics, Translational Neuroscience and Hypnosis (PSG-LAB), University of Salerno , Fisciano, Italy
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- Department of Humanistic Studies, University of Foggia , Apulia, Italy
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- The Milton H. Erickson Institute of the California Central Coast (US) and Psychosocial Genomics Research Institute , Los Osos, California, USA
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- The Milton H. Erickson Institute of the California Central Coast (US) and Psychosocial Genomics Research Institute , Los Osos, California, USA
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Facco E. Anesthesia, delirium and the mind-body unit. Minerva Anestesiol 2019; 86:117-120. [PMID: 31820881 DOI: 10.23736/s0375-9393.19.14277-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Enrico Facco
- Department of Neurosciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy - .,Science of Consciousness Research Group, Department of Psychology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy - .,Institute Franco Granone, Italian Center of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (CIICS), Turin, Italy -
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Nonintubated thoracic surgery (NITS) has a good safety record in experienced hands, but has pitfalls for beginners. The main aim of NITS is to keep the patient under spontaneous respiration, avoiding adverse effects, such as hypoxemia, hypercapnia, panic attacks, and finally conversion to general anesthesia. In this paper, the safety aspects of anesthesia for NITS is discussed based on data from the literature and personnel clinical experiences.
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- Gabor Kiss
- Department of Anesthesia for Cardiothoracics and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Felix Guyon, Allée des Topazes, Saint Denis F-97400, Réunion, France.
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Conversa G, Facco E, Leoni MLG, Buonocore M, Bagnasco R, Angelini L, Demartini L, Spiegel D. Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) Estimation of Regional Cutaneous Thermal Sensitivity During Waking State, Neutral Hypnosis, and Temperature Specific Suggestions. Int J Clin Exp Hypn 2019; 67:364-381. [PMID: 31251711 DOI: 10.1080/00207144.2019.1613864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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This study aimed to determine the effects of neutral hypnosis and hypnotic temperature suggestions in thermal and pain thresholds compared to resting state. Sixteen healthy medium or high hypnotizable volunteers were enrolled. Hypnotizability was assessed with the Hypnotic Induction Profile (HIP); QST was checked in resting state, in neutral hypnosis, after suggestions of heat and cold, and after deinduction. A significant increase in heat threshold was recorded during hypnosis with both cold and heat suggestions compared to neutral hypnosis. HIP induction score showed a linear correlation with changes of temperature thresholds after heat and cold suggestions. Thermal suggestions may result in a significant increase of heat perception thresholds with respect to neutral hypnosis. HIP score is related to thermal threshold changes. QST is a valuable and manageable tool to measure temperature threshold change during hypnosis.
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- b University of Padua and Inst. F. Granone - Italian Center of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (CIICS) , Turin , Italy
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- d Stanford University School of Medicine , Stanford , CA , USA
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Facco E, Mendozzi L, Bona A, Motta A, Garegnani M, Costantini I, Dipasquale O, Cecconi P, Menotti R, Coscioli E, Lipari S. Dissociative identity as a continuum from healthy mind to psychiatric disorders: Epistemological and neurophenomenological implications approached through hypnosis. Med Hypotheses 2019; 130:109274. [PMID: 31383343 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2019.109274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2019] [Revised: 06/05/2019] [Accepted: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The topic of multiple personality, redefined as Dissociative Identity Disorders (DIDs) in the DSM-5, is an intriguing and still debated disorder with a long history and deep cultural and epistemological implications, extending up to the idea of possession. Hypnosis is an appealing and valuable model to manipulate subjective experience and get an insight on both the physiology and the pathophysiology of the mind-brain functioning; it and has been closely connected with DIDs and possession since its origin in 18th century and as recently proved the capacity to yield a loss of sense of agency, mimicking delusions of alien control and spirit possession. In this study we report on five very uncommon "hypnotic virtuosos" (HVs) free from any psychiatric disorder, spontaneously undergoing the emergence of multiple identities during neutral hypnosis; this allowed us to check the relationship between their experience and fMRI data. During hypnosis the subjects underwent spontaneous non-intrusive experiences of other selves which were not recalled after the end of the session, due to post-hypnotic amnesia. The fMRI showed a significant decrease of connectivity in the Default Mode Network (DMN) especially between the posterior cingulate cortex and the medial prefrontal cortex. Our results and their contrast with the available data on fMRI in DIDs allows to draw the hypothesis of a continuum between healthy mind - where multiple identities may coexist at unconscious level and may sometimes emerge to the consciousness - and DIDs, where multiple personalities emerge as dissociated, ostensibly autonomous components yielding impaired functioning, subject's loss of control and suffering. If this is the case, it seems more reasonable to refrain from seeking for a clear-cut limit between normality (anyway a conventional, statistical concept) and pathology, and accept a grey area in between, where ostensibly odd but non-pathological experiences may occur (including so-called non-ordinary mental expressions) without calling for treatment but, rather, for being properly understood.
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- Enrico Facco
- Studium Patavinum - Dept. of Neurosciences, University of Padua, Italy; Science of Consciousness Research Group, Dept. of General Psychology, University of Padua, Italy; Inst. F. Granone - Italian Center of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (CIICS), Turin, Italy.
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- IRCCS, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, via Capecelatro 66, 20148 Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Villa San Benedetto Hospital, Hermanas Hospitalarias, Albese con Cassano, via Roma 16, Como, Italy
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- IRCCS, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, via Capecelatro 66, 20148 Milan, Italy
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- IRCCS, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, via Capecelatro 66, 20148 Milan, Italy; INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis, France
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- IRCCS, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, via Capecelatro 66, 20148 Milan, Italy; Department of Neuroimaging, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College, London, United Kingdom
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- IRCCS, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, via Capecelatro 66, 20148 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Villa San Benedetto Hospital, Hermanas Hospitalarias, Albese con Cassano, via Roma 16, Como, Italy
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- IRCCS, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, via Capecelatro 66, 20148 Milan, Italy
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Álvarez E, Medina N. Hipnosis anestésica inducida por profesional de Enfermería. Reporte de un caso. ENFERMERÍA UNIVERSITARIA 2019. [DOI: 10.22201/eneo.23958421e.2019.2.635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Introducción: La hipnosis anestésica puede ser un recurso útil para procedimientos dolorosos.
Desarrollo: Se reporta caso de una joven que requiere exodoncia de terceros molares, con uso de hipnosis como único anestésico. El proceso de enfermería inicia con la valoración según patrones funcionales, impresiona lo sana que se encuentra, sin antecedentes mórbidos relevantes ni contraindicación para anestesia química. Se selecciona diagnóstico NANDA de Disposición para mejorar el confort. Dentro del plan se incorporan el NIC 5920 Hipnosis y 5922 Facilitar la autohipnosis, con buena evolución según lo planificado.
Resultados: La extracción con hipnosis anestésica se desarrolló de forma similar a la cirugía con anestesia química, la cual se realizó sin dolor. En posoperatorio, paciente practica autohipnosis, sin necesitar analgésicos y evolucionó favorablemente.
Discusión: La hipnosis requiere mayor evidencia científica, pero su uso es prometedor. Se constataron los beneficios de la hipnosis en el abordaje del dolor. Conclusión: La hipnosis anestésica, fue útil como intervención de enfermería en cirugía dental. La autohipnosis contribuyó al buen resultado. El profesional de Enfermería entrenado en hipnosis está en condiciones de incorporarla en la gestión del cuidado. El caso resulta interesante, dado que la paciente opta por la hipnosis, sin contraindicación para anestesia química, ya que no se encontró otro reporte de hipnoanestesia inducida por profesional de Enfermería, como anestésico único. Anecdóticamente, durante la filmación del procedimiento, una periodista entra espontáneamente en trance, por lo que requiere intervención del profesional de Enfermería para salir de él.
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Facco E, Casiglia E, Al Khafaji BE, Finatti F, Duma GM, Mento G, Pederzoli L, Tressoldi P. THE NEUROPHENOMENOLOGY OF OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCES INDUCED BY HYPNOTIC SUGGESTIONS. Int J Clin Exp Hypn 2019; 67:39-68. [PMID: 30702402 DOI: 10.1080/00207144.2019.1553762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Inducing out-of-body experiences in hypnosis (H-OBEs) offers an almost unique opportunity to investigate them under controlled conditions. OBEs were induced as an imaginative task in a resting condition (I-OBE) or in hypnosis (H-OBE) in a group of 15 high hypnotizable subjects. A 32-channel EEG was recorded, and the spectral power and imaginary coherence of each frequency band and each couple of electrodes were calculated. At the end of each session, the Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory (PCI) was administered to assess the phenomenological aspects of the subjects' experience. Significantly higher scores in the altered state, positive affect altered experience, and attention subdimensions of the PCI were reported in H-OBE than in I-OBE, which were associated with a significant decrease of power in beta and gamma band activity in right parieto-temporal derivations. These results suggest that the H-OBE may offer a useful experimental model of spontaneous OBEs.
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- Enrico Facco
- a University of Padua and Institute Franco Granone - Italian Center of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis , Turin , Italy
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Chapet O, Udrescu C, Horn S, Ruffion A, Lorchel F, Gaudioz S, Clamens C, Piriou V, Rigal E. Prostate brachytherapy under hypnosedation: A prospective evaluation. Brachytherapy 2019; 18:22-28. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2018.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2018] [Revised: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/17/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Dittrich N, Agostino D, Antonini Philippe R, Guglielmo LGA, Place N. Effect of hypnotic suggestion on knee extensor neuromuscular properties in resting and fatigued states. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0195437. [PMID: 29684047 PMCID: PMC5912755 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate whether hypnotic suggestions can alter knee extensor neuromuscular function at rest and during exercise. Methods Thirteen healthy volunteers (8 men and 5 women, 27 ± 3 years old) took part in this counterbalanced, crossover study including two experimental (hypnosis and control) sessions. Knee extensor neuromuscular function was tested before and after hypnosis suggestion by using a combination of voluntary contraction, transcutaneous femoral nerve electrical stimulation and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). A fatiguing exercise (sustained submaximal contraction at 20% maximal voluntary contraction (MVC) force) was also performed to evaluate the potential influence of hypnosis on the extent and origin of neuromuscular adjustments. Results Hypnosis did not (p>0.05) alter MVC force or knee extensor neural properties. Corticospinal excitability, assessed with the amplitude of knee extensor motor evoked potentials, was also unchanged (p>0.05), as was the level of intracortical inhibition assessed with paired pulse TMS (short-interval intracortical inhibition, SICI). Time to task failure (~300 s) was not different (p>0.05) between the two sessions; accordingly, hypnosis did not influence neuromuscular adjustments measured during exercise and at task failure (p>0.05). Conclusion Hypnotic suggestions did not alter neuromuscular properties of the knee extensor muscles under resting condition or during/after exercise, suggesting that hypnosis-induced improvement in exercise performance and enhanced corticospinal excitability might be limited to highly susceptible participants.
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- Naiandra Dittrich
- Sports Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Physical Effort Laboratory, Florianópolis, Brazil
- Institute of Sport Sciences, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Sport Sciences, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Sport Sciences, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Sport Sciences, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Tressoldi PE, Facco E, Lucangeli D. On the primacy and irreducible nature of first-person versus third-person information. F1000Res 2018; 6:99. [PMID: 29333233 PMCID: PMC5750720 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.10752.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In this essay, we will support the claim that at the current level of scientific advancement a) some first-person accounts cannot be reduced to their third-person neural and psychophysiological correlates and b) that these first-person accounts are the only information to reckon when it is necessary to analyse qualia contents. Consequently, for many phenomena, first-person accounts are the only reliable source of information available and the knowledge of their neural and psychophysical correlates don't offer any additional information about them.
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- Studium Patavinum, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e della Socializzazione, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
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Casiglia E, Casiglia E, Tikhonoff V, Albertini F, Lapenta AM, Gasparotti F, Finatti F, Rossi AM, Zanette G, Giacomello M, Giordano N, Favaro J, Facco E. The Mysterious Hypnotic Analgesia: Experimental Evidences. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.4236/psych.2018.98112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Fuzier R, Achelous S, Salvignol G, Jouve E. Hypnosis and Axillary Compartment Block for Breast Cancer Surgery: A Case Report. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 9:81-83. [PMID: 28509780 DOI: 10.1213/xaa.0000000000000532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Hypnosis has been proven to be a powerful tool in the management of anxiety and pain. It allows for an increase of pain threshold, which can reach the level of surgical analgesia. Recently injection of local anesthetics around the serratus muscle has been presented as an alternative to paravertebral block for cancer breast surgery. We report the successful use of hypnosis in combination with an axillary compartment block for lumpectomy and axillary lymph node dissection.
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- Régis Fuzier
- From the Departments of *Anesthesiology; and †Surgery, Institut Claudius Regaud, IUCT-O, F-31059 Toulouse, France
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Facco E, Zanette G. The Odyssey of Dental Anxiety: From Prehistory to the Present. A Narrative Review. Front Psychol 2017; 8:1155. [PMID: 28744243 PMCID: PMC5504153 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2017] [Accepted: 06/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Dental anxiety (DA) can be considered as a universal phenomenon with a high prevalence worldwide; DA and pain are also the main causes for medical emergencies in the dental office, so their prevention is an essential part of patient safety and overall quality of care. Being DA and its consequences closely related to the fight-or-flight reaction, it seems reasonable to argue that the odyssey of DA began way back in the distant past, and has since probably evolved in parallel with the development of fight-or-flight reactions, implicit memory and knowledge, and ultimately consciousness. Basic emotions are related to survival functions in an inseparable psychosomatic unity that enable an immediate response to critical situations rather than generating knowledge, which is why many anxious patients are unaware of the cause of their anxiety. Archeological findings suggest that humans have been surprisingly skillful and knowledgeable since prehistory. Neanderthals used medicinal plants; and relics of dental tools bear witness to a kind of Neolithic proto-dentistry. In the two millennia BC, Egyptian and Greek physicians used both plants (such as papaver somniferum) and incubation (a forerunner of modern hypnosis, e.g., in the sleep temples dedicated to Asclepius) in the attempt to provide some form of therapy and painless surgery, whereas modern scientific medicine strongly understated the role of subjectivity and mind-body approaches until recently. DA has a wide range of causes and its management is far from being a matter of identifying the ideal sedative drug. A patient's proper management must include assessing his/her dental anxiety, ensuring good communications, and providing information (iatrosedation), effective local anesthesia, hypnosis, and/or a wise use of sedative drugs where necessary. Any weak link in this chain can cause avoidable suffering, mistrust, and emergencies, as well as having lifelong psychological consequences. Iatrosedation and hypnosis are no less relevant than drugs and should be considered as primary tools for the management of DA. Unlike pharmacological sedation, they allow to help patients cope with the dental procedure and also overcome their anxiety: achieving the latter may enable them to face future dental care autonomously, whereas pharmacological sedation can only afford a transient respite.
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- Enrico Facco
- Studium Patavinum, University of PaduaPadua, Italy.,Franco Granone Institute - Italian Center of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis (CIICS)Turin, Italy
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- Franco Granone Institute - Italian Center of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis (CIICS)Turin, Italy.,Chair of Dental Anesthesia, Department of Neurosciences, University of PaduaPadua, Italy
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Facco E, Lucangeli D, Tressoldi P. On the Science of Consciousness: Epistemological Reflections and Clinical Implications. Explore (NY) 2017; 13:163-180. [PMID: 28359768 DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2017.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Consciousness has been one of the most important and tantalizing issues ever since the origin of philosophy and medicine. The concept of consciousness and the so-called "hard problem" (i.e., the mind-brain relationship) are highly complex topics that have yet to be elucidated, involving the realms of both science and philosophy with profound epistemological implications. In the lively debate on the foundations of the science of consciousness there are several potential biases of an essentially philosophical nature, such as those related to the paradigm and axioms adopted, and the ostensible logical contradiction between monism and dualism. Their origin dates back largely to Descartes' thinking and the birth of the new sciences as a compromise with the Inquisition, but they have been handed down through the Enlightenment and Positivism. A proper investigation of consciousness and the world of subjectivity demands a careful reflection on the paradigm of scientific medicine to identify possible flaws and overcome the limits of the mechanistic-reductionist approach.
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- Enrico Facco
- Studium Patavinum, University of Padua, Italy; Institute Franco Granone-Italian Center of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis (CIICS), Turin, Italy.
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- Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialization, University of Padua, Italy; Human Potential Network Research Foundation, Padua, Italy
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Facco E, Testoni I, Ronconi L, Casiglia E, Zanette G, Spiegel D. Psychological Features of Hypnotizability: A First Step Towards Its Empirical Definition. Int J Clin Exp Hypn 2017; 65:98-119. [PMID: 27935462 DOI: 10.1080/00207144.2017.1246881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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This study examined the relationship between the Hypnotic Induction Profile (HIP) and several psychological tests: Tellegen Absorption Scale (TAS), Spontaneity Assessment Inventory-Revised (SAI-R), Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES), Short-Form Boundary Questionnaire (SFBQ), Mini Locus of Control (MLOC), Testoni Death Representation Scale (TDRS), and the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI). Two hundred and forty volunteers were administered the above tests; 78 of them were also administered the HIP, and its scores were compared to those on the other tests. A significant correlation was found among the TAS, DES, SFBQ, and IRI. The HIP was significantly correlated to the DES (r = .19 p1tail = .045), and the IRI-ec subscale (r = .19 p1tail = .044); 14 test items from DES, IRI, TAS, SAIR, and SFBQ were also significantly related to the HIP. The findings suggest that hypnotizability may relate to stronger perception of the inner world, decreased aptitude for managing memory processing, and increased sensitivity and empathy.
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- Enrico Facco
- a University of Padua and the Italian Center of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (CIICS) , Turin , Italy
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- a University of Padua and the Italian Center of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (CIICS) , Turin , Italy
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- a University of Padua and the Italian Center of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (CIICS) , Turin , Italy
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- c Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford , California , USA
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Facco E, Agrillo C, Greyson B. Epistemological implications of near-death experiences and other non-ordinary mental expressions: Moving beyond the concept of altered state of consciousness. Med Hypotheses 2015; 85:85-93. [PMID: 25892488 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2015.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2015] [Revised: 03/31/2015] [Accepted: 04/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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During the last decades an increasing interest has developed in the so-called altered state of consciousness (ASCs); among these, near-death experiences (NDEs) are one of the most intriguing and debated examples. NDEs are deep and universal experiences with a clear phenomenology and incidence, while some of their features challenge the current views of human consciousness (focused on neural circuits and based on the concept of mind as a byproduct of brain circuitry) with relevant epistemological and historical implications. The origin of the ruling mechanist-reductionist paradigm can be traced back to Descartes' radical separation of res cogitans and res extensa and the conflict between the nascent science and the Inquisition; this led to removing the subjective properties of mind from the field of scientific interest, relegating them to philosophy and theology in order to enable the development of modern science. However, the physics of the 20th century has eventually moved beyond the classical paradigm, permitting a profound renewal of scientific interest in the mind. Modern research on NDEs has contributed to reopening the debate surrounding the Cartesian separation, the mind-brain relationship and the nature of consciousness. It is now time to reappraise the relevance, strengths, and weaknesses of the available scientific interpretations of NDEs, their relationship with other ASCs, as well as the very concept of ASC; the latter looks to be ill-founded, suggesting the need for: (a) a revision of the conventional approach to subjective phenomena, including both the third- and first-person perspective; and (b) a deep reflection on the possible links between different non-ordinary mental expression, as regards both their phenomenology and mechanisms from a non-pathological perspective.
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- Enrico Facco
- Department of Neurosciences, University of Padua, Italy; Inst. F. Granone - Italian Center of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (CIICS), Turin, Italy.
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- Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, Italy; Cognitive Neuroscience Center, University of Padua, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, United States
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Kramer S, Zims R, Simang M, Rüger L, Irnich D. Hypnotic relaxation results in elevated thresholds of sensory detection but not of pain detection. BMC COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2014; 14:496. [PMID: 25511129 PMCID: PMC4320636 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2013] [Accepted: 12/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Background Many studies show an effectiveness of hypnotic analgesia. It has been discussed whether the analgesic effect is mainly caused by the relaxation that is concomitant to hypnosis. This study was designed to evaluate the effects of hypnotic relaxation suggestion on different somatosensory detection and pain thresholds. Methods Quantitative sensory testing (QST) measurements were performed before and during hypnosis in twenty-three healthy subjects on the dorsum of the right hand. Paired t-test was used to compare threshold changes. The influence of hypnotic susceptibility was evaluated by calculating correlation coefficients for threshold changes and hypnotic susceptibility (Harvard group scale). Results During hypnosis significantly changed somatosensory thresholds (reduced function) were observed for the following sensory detection thresholds: Cold Detection Threshold (CDT), Warm Detection Threshold (WDT), Thermal Sensory Limen (TSL) and Mechanical Detection Threshold (MDT). The only unchanged sensory detection threshold was Vibration Detection Threshold (VDT). No significant changes were observed for the determined pain detection thresholds (Cold Pain Thresholds, Heat Pain Thresholds, Mechanical Pain Sensitivity, Dynamic Mechanical Allodynia, Wind-up Ratio and Pressure Pain Threshold). No correlation of hypnotic susceptibility and threshold changes were detected. Conclusion Hypnotic relaxation without a specific analgesic suggestion results in thermal and mechanical detection, but not pain threshold changes. We thus conclude that a relaxation suggestion has no genuine effect on sensory pain thresholds. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov, Identifier:
NCT02261155 (9th October 2014).
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Lanfranco RC, Canales-Johnson A, Huepe D. Hypnoanalgesia and the study of pain experience: from Cajal to modern neuroscience. Front Psychol 2014; 5:1126. [PMID: 25324822 PMCID: PMC4179709 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2014] [Accepted: 09/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934) did not only contribute to neurobiology and neurohistology. At the end of the 19th century, he published one of the first clinical reports on the employment of hypnotic suggestion to induce analgesia (hypnoanalgesia) in order to relieve pain in childbirth. Today, the clinical application of hypnoanalgesia is considered an effective technique for the treatment of pain in medicine, dentistry, and psychology. However, the knowledge we have today on the neural and cognitive underpinnings of hypnotic suggestion has increased dramatically since Cajal’s times. Here we review the main contributions of Cajal to hypnoanalgesia and the current knowledge we have about hypnoanalgesia from neural and cognitive perspectives.
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- Renzo C Lanfranco
- Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Chile Santiago, Chile ; Laboratory of Cognitive and Social Neuroscience, UDP-INECO Foundation Core on Neuroscience, Universidad Diego Portales Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Cognitive and Social Neuroscience, UDP-INECO Foundation Core on Neuroscience, Universidad Diego Portales Santiago, Chile ; Medical Research Council, Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit Cambridge, UK
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- Laboratory of Cognitive and Social Neuroscience, UDP-INECO Foundation Core on Neuroscience, Universidad Diego Portales Santiago, Chile
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- Dept of Anaesthesia, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK.
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