Am J Psychiatry 1979; 136:83-85
Copyright © 1979 by American Psychiatric Association
Hypnotic treatment of smoking: the single-treatment method revisited
B Berkowitz, A Ross-Townsend and R Kohberger
The authors replicated Spiegel's single-treatment method by treating 40
self-referred patients in a one-hour hypnosis session for smoking. Their
results, a 6-month total abstinence rate of about 25%, were comparable with
Spiegel's experience. They recommend future studies that include
nontreatment control groups to validate the effects of the hypnotic
treatment method of smoking.
