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We have a silent epidemic of addiction to prescription drugs. Many people are hooked on analgesics, tranquilizers, antidepressants, and sleeping pills that were prescribed by their physicians. Ironically, the imprimatur of the physician’s prescription pad misleads many patients into a false sense of security and a life of addiction that the physician is often slow to diagnose or treat. It’s wise for physicians and patients to discuss the addictive potential of prescription drugs.
Hypnotherapy against chronic insomnia
Clinical hypnotherapy has proved highly effective in treating insomnia/chronic insomnia, alone, even when compared to sedatives. [1][2][3][4][5][6]
Level I evidence demonstrates that adding hypnotherapy to CBT greatly enhances clinical outcomes. [7]
Thus, clinical hypnotherapy should always be part of any proposed treatment plan.
References
[1] http://www.annals.edu.sg/pdf/37VolNo8Aug2008/V37N8p683.pdf
[2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18569138
[3] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8259769
[4] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25349958
[5] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1559690/
[6] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8656544
[7] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7751482
Competing interests: No competing interests