Colour test predicts response to hypnotherapy

Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 11:30 in Psychology & Sociology

When people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) were asked to relate their mood to a colour, those choosing a positive colour were nine times more likely to respond to hypnotherapy than those who chose a negative colour or no colour at all. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine suggest that these findings could be used to predict responders to treatment...

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