Instant hypnosis induction is certainly a high impact bit of showmanship, but can you really put someone into a hypnotic trance by simply catching them by surprise and telling them to "sleep". Yes and ...

Hypnosis is a tool with many useful dermatologic applications. It involves guiding the patient into a trance state for a specific purpose such as relaxation, pain or pruritus reduction, or habit ...

We’ve all seen it, typically on television or on stage: A hypnotist selects a few members from the audience, and with what seems to be little more than a steely stare or a few choice words, they’re ...

For well over a century, hypnotic suggestion has been used to successfully treat a wide range of clinical conditions, including chronic and acute pain, irritable bowel syndrome, post-traumatic stress ...

THE HYPNOTIST, dangling a swinging pocket watch before the subject’s eyes, slowly intones: “You’re getting sleepy … You’re getting sleepy …” The subject’s head abruptly slumps downward. He is in a ...