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tricotillomania
Risposta a: Elena - 16/10/2013
Buonasera, ho 37 anni. Soffro di depressione dall'età di 17 anni, accompagnata talvolta da attacchi di panico. Uno dei miei problemi principali resta però la tricotillomania che mi affligge da quando avevo 15 anni e per la quale vi chiedo se la pratica dell'ipnosi può riverlarsi efficace o meno. Vorrei inoltre sapere se esistono pubblicazioni su tricotillomania e ipnosi. Ringraziandovi sin d'ora. DIstinti saluti.
Risposta:
Cara Elena, eccoti un contributo. Buona Vita Amgelo Bona
Am J Clin Hypn. 2003 Oct;46(2):129-37.
Hypnosis as a vehicle for choice and self-agency in the treatment of children with Trichotillomania.
Iglesias A.
Abstract
Three pediatric cases of Trichotillomania were treated with direct hypnotic suggestion with exclusive emphasis on sensitizing and alerting the patients to impending scalp hair pulling behaviors. These children had presented with total lack of awareness of their scalp hair pulling behaviors until they had actually twisted and pulled off clumps of hair. It was also suggested, under hypnosis, that upon learning to recognize impending scalp hair pulling behaviors, the patients would become free to choose to willfully pull their hair or to resist the impulse and not pull. At no point was the explicit suggestion given that they stop pulling their hair. A preliminary condition was agreed to by the parents that redefined the patients' hair as their own property and affirmed their sole responsibility for its care and maintenance. An element of secondary gain was identified in each of these cases. Scalp hair pulling was hypothesized to provide these particular patients with a vehicle with which to oppose their overbearing and over-involved parents. The technique of direct suggestion under hypnosis, aimed at alerting the patients to impending scalp hair pulling behaviors was combined with forming contracts with the parents to relinquish their authority over matters regarding the patients' hair. This combination provided an effective treatment that extinguished the scalp hair pulling in 7 visits or less. These cases received follow-up at intervals up to 6 months and no evidence of relapse was found.
