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The authors report on the treatment of a patient exhibiting sensory-motor disturbances of Guillain-Barré’s disease, which had begun three years earlier.
Hypnosis was an important stage in treatment. The patient was helped to regain his former behavioral patterns through several sessions of both spontaneous and induced regression. These patterns, imprinted with considerable force in every life-situation, had been completely erased by the neurological disorder. They were restored and positively extended, making use of comparisons between elements which emerged under hypnosis and elements of present conditions of life. During treatment a considerable improvement in sensitivity and movement was also noted.
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Gambacciani, A., Guantieri, G. (1985). Hypnosis in the Treatment of a Case of Guillain-Barre’s Disease. In: Waxman, D., Misra, P.C., Gibson, M., Basker, M.A. (eds) Modern Trends in Hypnosis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4913-6_33
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