Hypnosis in Office Practice, Especially in the Practice of Urology

Abstract

Nonpsychiatrists should limit the use of hypnosis to analgesia for minor office procedures and for relief of pain.

Hypnosis should not be used in treatment of conditions suggestive of psychosomatic origin.

Any physician can learn the technics of inducing hypnosis, and a capable hypnotist can induce hypnosis in approximately 80 per cent of patients.

The authors discuss the indications for hypnosis and its application, particularly as it relates to the office practice of urology.