Clinical Hypnosis in Reducing Chronic Insomnia Accompanied by Rumination
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Jihui Yue; Minfeng Cheng; Xueyi Li; Xiaojuan Fang; Shenglin Wen; Ling Li; Yanzhi Zeng; Hong Wang
- Source
- Open Journal of Social Sciences. :296-303
- Subject
- Hypnosis
medicine.medical_specialty
Relaxation (psychology)
business.industry
Psychological evaluation
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
03 medical and health sciences
Chronic insomnia
0302 clinical medicine
Intervention (counseling)
mental disorders
Rumination
Insomnia
Physical therapy
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
medicine.symptom
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
- Language
- ISSN
- 2327-5960
2327-5952
The effect of chronic insomnia carries along a physical and psychological state of dysfunctionality felt by the individual. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of hypnotherapeutic intervention applied in the case of patients who present insomnia accompanied by rumination. We performed the study of 42 patients who underwent the Symptom Checklist-90 (SCL-90) for the psychiatric evaluation and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) for sleep quality at baseline, 1 month after the program and follow-up (2 months) after finalizing the program. Our findings revealed that hypnotherapeutic intervention that involves relaxation and positive self-suggestion leads to positive results among the patient who experience insomnia accompanied by rumination.