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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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Mindfulness-based hypnotherapy for common psychological disorders
Shaunak Ajinkya1, Pradeep R Jadhav2, Deepali Ajinkya3
1 Department of Psychiatry, Mahatma Gandhi Mission`s Medical College and Hospital, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2 Department of Pharmacology, Mahatma Gandhi Mission`s Medical College and Hospital, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3 Department of Hypnotherapy, Master Your Mind Institute of Clinical Hypnosis, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Shaunak Ajinkya
Bandra Shelter Apartments, Gr. Floor, 145, Manuel Gonsalves Road, Bandra, Mumbai - 400 050, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2395-2555.161414
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'Mindfulness' is an essential element of Buddhist meditative practices. It is paying attention to the present moment and to what we experience. Hypnosis is a state of a state of increased suggestibility with constriction of peripheral awareness and increased focal concentration on task at hand. Thus there are many similarities between hypnosis and mindfulness and they are, many a times, complementary. This review article focuses on the applications and evidences for using mindfulness- based hypnotherapy in the management of psychological disorders. |
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