International Handbook of Clinical Hypnosis

List of Contributors.Preface. PART I: THE NATURE OF HYPNOSIS. Introduction to Clinical Hypnosis and the Hypnotic Phenomena (Graham D. Burrows & Robb O. Stanley). Training in Hypnosis (Peter B. Bloom). PART II: GENERAL CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS. Patient Selection: Assessment and Preparation, Indications and Contraindications (Julie H. Linden). Memory and Hypnosis --General Considerations (Peter W. Sheehan). Neuropsychophysiology of Hypnosis: Towards an Understanding of How Hypnotic Interventions Work (Helen J. Crawford). PART III: THE PSYCHOTHERAPIES Injunctive Communication and Relational Dynamics: An Interactional Perspective (Jeffrey K. Zeig). PART IV: SPECIFIC DISORDERS AND APPLICATIONS Hypnosis and Recovered Memory: Evidence--Based Practice (Kevin M. McConkey). Hypnosis in the Management of Stress and Anxiety Disorders (Robb O. Stanley, et al.). Hypnosis and Depression (Graham D. Burrows & Sandra G. Broughton). Hypnosis, Dissaciation and Trauma (David Spiegel). Conversion Disorders. (C. Hoogduin & Karin Roelofs). Personality and Psychotic Disorders (Joan Murray--Jobsis). Dissociative Disorders (Richard P. Kluft). Eating Disorders--Anorexia and Bulimia (Moshe S. Torem). Hypnotherapy in Obesity (Johan Vanderlinden). Hypnotic Interventions in the Treatment of Sexual Dysfunctions (Robb O. Stanley & Graham D. Burrows). Hypnosis in Chronic Pain Management (Frederick J. Evans). Hypnosis and Pain (Leonard Rose). The Use of Hypnosis in the Treatment of Burn Patients (Dabney M. Ewin). Hypnosis in Dentistry (Dov Glazer). Dental Anxiety Disorders, Phobias and Hypnotizability (Jack A. Gerschman). Applications of Clinical Hypnosis with Children (Daniel P. Kohen). The Negative Consequences of Hypnosis Inappropriately or Ineptly Applied (Robb O. Stanley & Graham D. Burrows). Index.