Hypnosis as an integrative and complementary practice in health in the control of phobias
a narrative review
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.59306/cntc.v10e18202149-55Keywords:
Hypnosis, Psychology, Hypnosis in Dentistry, Phobic Disorders, Complementary TherapiesAbstract
Background: Hypnosis is a therapeutic method in which professionals make suggestions so that you can relax and relax your minds. It can be a technique with a high therapeutic effect and effective for a wide variety of conditions seen in clinical approaches, including disorders of pain, anxiety and mood, such as a phobia. Objective: The objective of this work is to present the use of hypnosis as an integrative and complementary practice in health in the control of phobias. Method: this is an exploratory narrative review, about the use of hypnosis in various situations that generate a phobia picture in the individual. Results: It was showed in this narrative review that hypnosis is a strategic intervention to drug sedation in claustrophobic patients who need to undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); in people who provide specific dental phobia, anxiety prediction, as in dental surgeries, endodontic treatments or due to insufficient anesthetics; and even, applicable in cases of phobia to air travel. Conclusion: Hypnosis needs to have its numerous benefits in a greater amount of evidence, choosing the advantages in its eligibility as an integrative and complementary practice, to other existing therapeutic means, including in the control of phobias.