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dc.contributor.authorShestopal, Irene
dc.contributor.authorBramness, Jørgen Gustav
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-07T19:05:06Z
dc.date.available2020-04-07T19:05:06Z
dc.date.issued2019-09-01
dc.description.abstract<i>Background</i>: Hypnotherapy has proved to be effective for the treatment of several medical and psychiatric conditions. It has been used in the treatment of alcohol use disorder (AUD), but only 2 randomized controlled trials have been conducted for this disorder.<p><p> <i>Methods</i>: This study was carried out at an inpatient clinic in Norway. A 6-week long treatment program included intensive group therapy, but also 5 hours of individual therapy, given as motivational interviewing (MI). Thirty-one patients were randomized either to receive 5 individual sessions of hypnotherapy instead of MI (N=16) or to be in the control group (N=15). The treatment method for the hypnotherapy group was Erickson (permissive) hypnosis. At baseline all the participants were diagnosed using a psychiatric interview and filled in the Alcohol Use Identification Test (AUDIT), Timeline FollowBack (TLFB) for alcohol use, Hopkins Symptoms Check List (HSCL-25) for monitoring mental distress and Traumatic Life Events Questionnaire. AUDIT, TLFB, and HSCL-25 were readministered at follow-up after 1 year.<p><p> <i>Results</i>: There were no differences between groups at baseline. One year later more women were lost to follow-up in the MI group. Both the intervention and control groups had reduced their alcohol consumption significantly. The change in AUDIT score was, however, largest for the hypnotherapy group, albeit only on a trend level (P=0.088).<p><p> <i>Conclusions</i>: Those receiving hypnotherapy did marginally better concerning alcohol use at 1-year follow-up. This small advantage for hypnotherapy could indicate an effect, rendered nonsignificant by an underpowered study. It could also be that neither MI nor hypnotherapy gave an additional effect on top of the substantial group therapy. Lastly the findings could indicate that hypnotherapy is at least as effective as MI.en_US
dc.identifier.citationShestopal, Bramness JG. Effect of Hypnotherapy in Alcohol Use Disorder Compared with Motivational Interviewing: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment. 2019;18(3):169-175en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1706072
dc.identifier.doi10.1097/ADT.0000000000000170
dc.identifier.issn1531-5754
dc.identifier.issn1535-1122
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/18020
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherWolters Kluweren_US
dc.relation.journalAddictive Disorders & Their Treatment
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2019 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Clinical medical disciplines: 750::Psychiatry, child psychiatry: 757en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Psykiatri, barnepsykiatri: 757en_US
dc.titleEffect of Hypnotherapy in Alcohol Use Disorder Compared with Motivational Interviewing: A Randomized Controlled Trialen_US
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dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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