Health Magazine Quotes UNC Expert on Hypnosis Treatment of IBS
April 15, 2004
Chapel Hill, N.C. - Olafur S. Palsson, Psy.D., a clinical psychologist and associate professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, is quoted in an article on research that shows hypnotherapy may be one of the few effective treatments for irritable bowel syndrome. The article, "Got IBS? Get Hypnotized - It Might Just Help," appears in the March 2004 of the magazine Health.
Research conducted by Dr. Palsson and colleagues at the UNC Center for Functional GI and Motility Disorders (www.med.unc.edu/ibs) is focused on demonstrating how hypnosis can significantly reduce IBS symptoms and the need for medication for as many as 70 percent of those with IBS. The Health article notes that hypnosis treatment is most effective when the therapist has experience with IBS patients. Unfortunately, only 120 clinicians nationwide are trained and using hypnosis to treat their IBS patients. That works out to about one clinician for every 375,000 people with the condition in the United States.
To address this shortcoming, Dr. Palsson is organizing a "Hypnosis Treatment for Functional GI Training Course", November 11-14, 2004, at the Charles Hamner Conference Center (North Carolina Biotechnology Research Center), Research Triangle Park. This UNC-sponsored Continuing Medical Education (CME) course begins with a two-day "Basic Hypnosis Training Course", followed by a 12-hour course in hypnosis for gastrointestinal disorders.
Contact: Kirsten Nyrop, (919) 966-0289, {knyrop@med.unc.edu}
April 15, 2004
Chapel Hill, N.C. - Olafur S. Palsson, Psy.D., a clinical psychologist and associate professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, is quoted in an article on research that shows hypnotherapy may be one of the few effective treatments for irritable bowel syndrome. The article, "Got IBS? Get Hypnotized - It Might Just Help," appears in the March 2004 of the magazine Health.
Research conducted by Dr. Palsson and colleagues at the UNC Center for Functional GI and Motility Disorders (www.med.unc.edu/ibs) is focused on demonstrating how hypnosis can significantly reduce IBS symptoms and the need for medication for as many as 70 percent of those with IBS. The Health article notes that hypnosis treatment is most effective when the therapist has experience with IBS patients. Unfortunately, only 120 clinicians nationwide are trained and using hypnosis to treat their IBS patients. That works out to about one clinician for every 375,000 people with the condition in the United States.
To address this shortcoming, Dr. Palsson is organizing a "Hypnosis Treatment for Functional GI Training Course", November 11-14, 2004, at the Charles Hamner Conference Center (North Carolina Biotechnology Research Center), Research Triangle Park. This UNC-sponsored Continuing Medical Education (CME) course begins with a two-day "Basic Hypnosis Training Course", followed by a 12-hour course in hypnosis for gastrointestinal disorders.
Contact: Kirsten Nyrop, (919) 966-0289, {knyrop@med.unc.edu}
