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Hypnosis is a procedure through which one person, the hypnotist, uses the power of suggestion to induce changes in thoughts, feelings, sensations, perceptions, or behavior in another person, the subject (Wood, 120). Some scientists don’t agree with hypnosis because of different concerns they might have, but they have to admit that hypnosis is not all bad. Especially after reading a study published in the //Journal of Clinical Oncology// titled, “Randomized Controlled Trial of a Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Plus Hypnosis Intervention to Control Fatigue in Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer.” The title explains it to a tee. The experiment included gathering 200 random controlled patients and using both hypnosis and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to try to lessen the amount of fatigue felt in breast cancer patients after undergoing radioactivity. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a psychotherapeutic (type of therapy dealing with the mind) approach that helps fix dysfunctional emotions, bad behavior, and cognitive processing (The Mount Sinai Hospital). An average patient in the treatment group had 79 percent less fatigue than a control that didn’t undergo hypnosis or CBT. Then up to 6 months later, the average person had 95 percent less fatigue than the patients in the control. “These results support CBT and hypnosis as an evidence-based complementary intervention to control fatigue in patients undergoing radiotherapy for breast cancer,” (The Mount Sinai Hospital).
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References: The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine. "Hypnosis therapy shown to decrease fatigue levels in breast cancer patients." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 20 February 2014. .

Wood, Samuel E., Ellen R. Green. Wood, and Denise Roberts. Boyd. // Mastering the World of Psychology //. Fourth ed. Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2011. Print.

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