Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
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Definitions related to hypnotherapy:
  • (hypnosis) Assisting a patient to achieve a state of attentive, focused concentration with suspension of some peripheral awareness to create changes in sensation, thoughts, or behavior
    Nursing Interventions Classification
    University of Iowa, 2007
  • (hypnosis) State of increased receptivity to suggestion and direction, initially induced by the influence of another person.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Therapeutic intervention in which a person is induced through clinical guidance into a hypnotic state.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Therapeutic use of hypnotism by a clinical professional.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Hypnotherapy, a type of mind-body medicine, is derived from western psychotherapeutic practice. Patients are put into an advanced state of relaxation and focused concentration to help them improve their health. They become absorbed and are relatively distracted from but not unconscious of their surroundings and the experiences they are...
    Merck Manuals
    Merck & Co., Inc., 2025
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