Summary
In 1955 the British Medical Association issued a report stating that hypnosis was a valuable medical tool.
In 1958 the American Medical Association recognised hypnosis as a viable scientific modality.
In 1962 the American Psychiatric Association recognised that hypnosis was a viable modality to treat some psychological problems.
Hypnosis has been approved and accepted by the medical profession and Hypnosis was in fact a term coined by a Scottish physician called James Braid who categorically rejected any supernatural explanations of trance and grounded the study of Hypnotherapy on a firm empirical and scientific basis, publishing his research in Neurypnology (1843).
As time passed the interest in Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy grew and in 1892 the British Medical Association (BMA) commissioned a special committee of doctors ‘to investigate the nature of the phenomenon of hypnotism, its value as a therapeutic agent, and the propriety of using it’.
Their report was received and published by the BMA (British Medical Association), opening with a clear recognition of the phenomenon of hypnotic trance: This is what was stated:
‘The Committee, having completed such investigation of hypnotism as time permitted, have to report that they have satisfied themselves of the genuineness of the hypnotic state.’ (BMA, 1892).DAILY TELEGRAPH ARTICLE ON APPROVAL OF HYPNOTHERAPY BY NICE?
Daily Telegraph article stating that NICE should approve Hypnotherapy for more conditions, it is already approved for the treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome but in this article Professor David Spiegel goes a lot futher in recommending that NICE approves Hypnotherapy for a wide range of psychosomatic conditions:
Please click on the link below to view the article:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5468518/British-surgeons-should-hypnotise-patients-for-some-operations-says-academic.html