In:
Contemporary Hypnosis, Wiley, Vol. 21, No. 3 ( 2004-09), p. 126-135
Abstract:
This pilot study related hypnotizability to changes in HIV immune blood markers after two psychological interventions. Design: The mean of two blood assays prior to intervention was compared to the results of the blood assay after the intervention. Intervention: A course of four weekly 2‐hour training sessions coupled with daily self‐hypnosis practice was given to 13 participants with diagnosed HIV and for a further participants a similar course was given in a Japanese healing method called Johrei (a total of 22 participants). All were naïve to anti‐retroviral medication. Main outcome measures: CD4+ T cell counts, viral load of the HIV virus in blood. Results: When highly hypnotizable subjects were compared to those of lower hypnotizability in a repeated measures analysis, their CD4+ t‐lymphocyte counts were significantly higher ( p = 0.007). This was achieved by the highly hynotizable subjects non‐significantly raising their CD4+ counts while the CD4+ counts of the less hynotizable subjects declined significantly (mean change = −79.4 p = 0.006). The differences in CD4+ T cell % of lymphocytes and the viral loads did not differ Conclusions: This pilot study indicates that hypnotizability may predict immunological response to psychological interventions in HIV. Copyright © 2004 British Society of Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0960-5290
,
1557-0711
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2004
SSG:
5,2
SSG:
5,21
