Show I Hypnosis Useful i I Medico Medical I Tool Hypnosis is b being ing used by an estimated Arne American r i can doctors and dentists as an aid to therapy according to a recent recent re- re cent article in the Journal of I the American Medical Association I tion JAMA H NOS AIDS the healing process reports Dr Albert M M. M Betcher associate clinical professor pro pro- fessor of anesthesiology Yorks York's Albert Einstein College of Medicine reducing postoperative postoperative post operative complications Dr Belcher Betcher has used hypnosis in the tre treatment of children sIn since c e 1959 he now hypnotizes about 24 patients five years of age and i up each month in preparation for removal of tonsils and appendixes appendixes appen- appen and correction of fractures fractures frac- frac tures among other conditions The doctor finds that hypnosis reduces the amount of chemical anesthesia used in operations OTHER PHYSICIANS and dentists explained that the they y found hypnosis e effective as a pain killer and as a way of reducing reducing re- re anxiety and fear When pregnant women are hypnotized before delivery less anesthesia is used during the birth process process pro pro- cess increasing the safety safely for both mother and baby Both Bolh the American Medical Association and the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis support the use of hypnosis as a medical tool They c caution aut ion however that it should be taught by professionals to professionals profession profession- als and should not be used as entertainment Only doctors or dentists can decide when hypnosis hypnosis hyp- hyp is suitable |