Hypnotherapy in the treatment of conversion disorder blindness and deafness type

Conversion disorder is characterized by the loss of one or several neurological functions, with no apparent organic cause. In such cases, vision may be compromised in up to 5% of the patients in ophthalmologic emergencies. Hypnosis is a suggestion technique that has been used for years in the treatm...

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Main Authors: Chirag Ashok Kundalia, C Agila, Kalpesh V Chandrani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series: Annals of Indian Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.anip.co.in/article.asp?issn=2588-8358;year=2019;volume=3;issue=2;spage=173;epage=175;aulast=Kundalia
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spelling doaj-43f71e49b6194606b7959d600a1315562020-11-25T02:37:12ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow Publications Annals of Indian Psychiatry2588-83582588-83662019-01-013217317510.4103/aip.aip_23_19Hypnotherapy in the treatment of conversion disorder blindness and deafness typeChirag Ashok KundaliaC AgilaKalpesh V ChandraniConversion disorder is characterized by the loss of one or several neurological functions, with no apparent organic cause. In such cases, vision may be compromised in up to 5% of the patients in ophthalmologic emergencies. Hypnosis is a suggestion technique that has been used for years in the treatment of conversion disorder with positive results. Reported here is the case of a patient with conversion disorder, blindness, and deafness type whose evolution was satisfactory after one session of hypnotherapy.http://www.anip.co.in/article.asp?issn=2588-8358;year=2019;volume=3;issue=2;spage=173;epage=175;aulast=Kundaliablindnessconversion disorderdeafnesshypnotherapyhysteria
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author Chirag Ashok Kundalia
C Agila
Kalpesh V Chandrani
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C Agila
Kalpesh V Chandrani
Hypnotherapy in the treatment of conversion disorder blindness and deafness type
Annals of Indian Psychiatry
blindness
conversion disorder
deafness
hypnotherapy
hysteria
author_facet Chirag Ashok Kundalia
C Agila
Kalpesh V Chandrani
author_sort Chirag Ashok Kundalia
title Hypnotherapy in the treatment of conversion disorder blindness and deafness type
title_short Hypnotherapy in the treatment of conversion disorder blindness and deafness type
title_full Hypnotherapy in the treatment of conversion disorder blindness and deafness type
title_fullStr Hypnotherapy in the treatment of conversion disorder blindness and deafness type
title_full_unstemmed Hypnotherapy in the treatment of conversion disorder blindness and deafness type
title_sort hypnotherapy in the treatment of conversion disorder blindness and deafness type
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Annals of Indian Psychiatry
issn 2588-8358
2588-8366
publishDate 2019-01-01
description Conversion disorder is characterized by the loss of one or several neurological functions, with no apparent organic cause. In such cases, vision may be compromised in up to 5% of the patients in ophthalmologic emergencies. Hypnosis is a suggestion technique that has been used for years in the treatment of conversion disorder with positive results. Reported here is the case of a patient with conversion disorder, blindness, and deafness type whose evolution was satisfactory after one session of hypnotherapy.
topic blindness
conversion disorder
deafness
hypnotherapy
hysteria
url http://www.anip.co.in/article.asp?issn=2588-8358;year=2019;volume=3;issue=2;spage=173;epage=175;aulast=Kundalia
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