Resources and Links
Information:
"Change the Mind and you Change the Brain"
Brain researchers ( Paquette et al 2003) find evidence that psychotherapy alters brain circuits. Their research states:
"These findings suggest that a psychotherapeutic approach, such as CBT, has the potential to modify the dysfunctional neural circuitry associated with anxiety disorders. They further indicate that the changes made at the mind level, within a psychotherapeutic context, are able to functionally "rewire" the brain."
Articles
Read:
How Emotional Experience Determines our Health
Women's Unique Health Needs
Women and Anxiety
Stress
General information on stress
Read Articles on Stress:
The following articles on stress are available here
Stress and the Environment
Stress: simple things that you can do to reduce stress
Stress: CBT techniques for anxiety and depression (Gallagher and Sheehy)
Physiological factors of stress
Stress, Depression and Immunity: the role of defence and coping styles
How to manage and prevent stress
Staying sane in the 21st century
Anxiety
Read Articles on Anxiety
General information on anxiety and treatment
The following articles on anxiety are available here
Generalised Anxiety Disorder
Panic Disorder
Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder)
Treatment of Anxiety Disorders
Research
Rosser, Erskine & Crino (2004) found CBT successfully treated Social Phobia. Patients taking anti-depressants during treatment showed no difference in improvement from those not taking anti-depressants.
Lang (2004) found Generalised Anxiety Disorder can be successfully treated with CBT.
Ost, Thulin & Ramnero (2004) found CBT "treatments yielded significant improvements, both on panic/agoraphobia measures and on measures of general anxiety, depression, social adjustment and quality of life, which were maintained" 1 year later.
Vincelli et al (2003) found CBT [and ECT] could significantly reduce the number of panic attacks, the level of depression and both state and trait anxiety.
Women's lives
Women "wired for worry"
(women's biochemistry makes them more vulnerable to stress and anxiety)
Are women doing it all?
Women despair at do-it-all life
The strain of being a woman
Women keen to quit rat race
Women: underpaid and overworked
Modern mother’s get less sleep
Article on Work-life balance
Try the Work-life balance quiz
Girl’s Guide to work-life balance
Women: the intolerable "pressure to be perfect"
"Pain-free" labour with HypnoBirthing
Depression
Information
Read excellent, informative article about Depression, anti-depressants and alternative treatments for depression
Research
Effectiveness of St John's Wart compared to Antidepressants
Read articles about the Effectiveness of Hypnosis and Psychotherapy for Depression:
Environmental
causes of depression (PDF)
Effectiveness of Psychotherapy and Hypnosis for Depression
CBT and depression
Psychiatry and the Healy debate: article on the controversial ties between
psychiatry and the pharmaceutical companies
Which treatment for
depression: medication, psychotherapy or both? (PDF)
Read the spirituality of birth
Media: depression in pregnancy "common"
IBS
General Information about IBS
Interesting research article on the Causes and Treatment of IBS and the
Brain-Gut
Axis
Information and articles on
IBS Excellent website with in -depth information
Gut Feelings: the Mind-body Connection
The Neurobiology of
Stress and Emotions
IBS and
Hypnotherapy
Academic article
about the 'brain in our gut'
Research:
A review of IBS studies by Tan et al (2005) states that "hypnosis consistently produces significant results" and improvement and therefore "the use of hypnosis with IBS qualifies for the highest level of acceptance as being both efficacious and specific".
Gonsalkorale & Whorwell (2005) state" hypnotherapy has beneficial effects that are long lasting, with most patients maintaining improvement".
Read articles about the effectiveness of hypnosis for IBS:
Hypnotherapy changed
my life
Imagine your gut as a
river
Hypnosis works for bowel pain
Smoking
Research:
Covino & Bottari (2001) states: "psychological interventions contribute significantly to successful treatment outcome in smoking cessation"
Media:
Women "emotionally
addicted" to smoking
Smoking parents-to be
"should consider quitting together"
Weight issues
Research into the effectiveness of CBT and hypnosis for weight loss and obesity:
The overall findings of Allison &Faith (1996), Kirsch et al (1995) and Kirsch (1996) showed that CBT combined with hypnosis was a more effective treatment for weight loss or obesity as subjects continued to lose weight even after treatment ended.
A study by Bolocofsky et al (1985) showed that hypnosis was not only more effective than a "behavioural" weight management programme but follow-ups 8 months and 2 years later showed the hypnosis subjects showed significant additional weight loss whereas others showed little further change. The study also concluded "more of the subjects who used hypnosis also achieved and maintained their personal weight goals".
Women's weight in the media:
Women: the intolerable
"pressure to be perfect"
Women despair at "do-it-all"
life
Hypnosis
Research
Hypnosis strengthens immune system and improves well being:
Gruzelier (2002) found "evidence of immune control accompanied by reports of enhanced mood and well being." The study noted "hypnosis buffered the effects of stress", hypnotic subjects had "fewer winter viral infections" and "six weeks of [self-hypnosis] training almost halved recurrence [of viral infections] , improved mood and reduced levels of clinical depression and anxiety."
More research on Hypnosis:
Medline: the database of medical scientific articles
Hypnosis research
Articles:
Read about the
effectiveness of hypnosis
Effectiveness of hypnosis for pain and long-term illness
Hypnotising the pain away
Hypnosis could banish hay-fever
Hypnosis and CBT
Research
Schoenberger (2000), in his paper "Research on
hypnosis as an adjunct to cognitive-behavioural psychotherapy", finds
"Overall, studies demonstrate a substantial benefit from the
addition of hypnosis"
Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 2000 Apr;48(2):154-69
Bryant et al (2005) found CBT and hypnosis was more effective than CBT alone in treating acute stress disorder or post-traumatic stress.
Insomnia
Smith, Huang & Manber (2005) state CBT has been established as an effective treatment for insomnia.
Jansson & Linton (2005) also found CBT effective for insomnia.
Symbolic Modelling
Articles:
About Symbolic
Modelling
About NLP
Quotes about metaphor
Links
HYPNOTHERAPIST REGISTER : The largest register of Hypnotherapists in the UK
Women to Women; excellent website resource for women's health by pioneering USA women's health clinic run by women medical professionals integrating conventional and alternative treatments based on a mind-body approach to health
Denise Marleyn DHP(NC) MRNHP HBCE Tel: 01525 850334 e-mail: contact@persephone-therapy.co.uk