Clinical concepts and treatment on the disorders have contributed to a large extent in treatment of the mental disorders. Studies reveal that, the brain pathology is studied under a clinical observation and the person affected by it is undertaken for extensive and almost expensive treatment under controlled conditions. However, the impacts of the treatment given to the person affected by various disorders are not cured permanently; they are subjected to be reviewed often. It can also be noted that the treatment of the disorders involves a great deal of inhumane treatment conditions such as electroconvulsive therapy where a patient is treated by electrodes attached to his head and an electric current of 70 to 130 volts is administered for a fraction of second.
This kind of treatment also suffers from various side effects such as bone fractures and impaired cardiovascular functioning. Some therapists have even suggested that electroconvulsive therapy is so noxious that it acts as a negative rein-forcer to crazy or depressed behaviour so that individual changes in his behaviour in order to avoid more punishment and would try to behave normal and soon will be in a normal state.
There are other methods of treating in the clinical perspective they are brought down under
· Electro sleep therapy which controls chronic anxiety, depressive state and associated insomnia
· Implantation or micro circuitry:- Electrical stimulation of the brain (ESB) for e.g. electric stimulation of the hypothalamus can produce a whole gamut of emotional responses from euphoria to terror (James C Coleman Page- 678).
The methods elucidated above require a patient to undergo treatment which could eventually be expensive and hazardous one. The concept of treating the disorders requires a change; everything needs a change and henceforth, it is essential to bring out the uses of hypnotherapy in the treatment of the disorders. Further, an effective method of treatment for the disorders by psychotherapy in the form of hypnotherapy is understood by the mass and the misconceptions of hypnotherapy are addressed by and large, thereby bringing the importance of hypnotherapy and its therapeutic value.
It has been evolved that, hypnosis is a particular state of mind during which time we become very focused on our innermost self and can ignore things going on outside of us. The conscious reasoning part of our mind becomes less active allowing us to experience new thoughts and feelings we usually feel very relaxed and often have a sense of floating. Many people describe the experience as like being absorbed in a good book and becoming really involved in the story-line. During a hypnotic session one will fully be aware of what is being said by the hypnotist and will be able to respond by gesture or speaking. As each one of us is unique, each person's experience of hypnosis is slightly different. The mind and body function as one. Both are so intimately connected that it is not possible to have a disturbance of mind or body alone. For example a bodily pain may cause us to feel depressed. In turn mental anguish may cause nausea; feeling sick with worry. This is often referred to as the mind-body connection. In fact there are several connections between the mind and the body. There is the connection of nerve fibres we call the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. And there is the chemical connection through hormones and other substances carried in the blood. We can learn to influence these connections and in doing so to improve our health and well-being. One good way of doing this is by using hypnosis.
