perties were effective solely for those who suffered from abnormalities of the nervous system, Liebeault stated that the state was perfectly normal and was the result of suggestion. The work of Sigmund Freud and Joseph Breuer were to do much to prove Liebeault correct.
While the use of hypnosis for pain relieve in America was kept alive by Morton Prince, founder of the Psychological Clinic at Harvard, it was not until after the end of World War I that scientific research interest in the phenomenon grew strong; this because of the effectiveness of hypnosis in treating shell shock. As a result of this work, the experimental study of hypnosis gained true legitimacy with the publication of Clark Hull's book Hypnosis and Suggestibility in 1933. From this point on, research and clinical interest in hypnosis began to grow, periodically being spurred forward by wars (World War II, Korean War), until, today, it is a respected part of medical and psychological practice.
Interest in hypnosis for pain relief has not only continued to be researched but is now considered to be a supremely credible and effective relief for pain. Not only is it still used for surgery-related problems such as post-surgical pain, it is also used in dentistry, and by psychologists and physicians for pain related to accidents, disease, and various forms of psychopathology. In other words, both the medical and psychological professions recognize hypnosis as effective in pain control.
2) Is pain registered at some level but ignored according to the concept of hidden pain? Give your reasons why or why not.
Both current and past studies of hypnosis and pain suggest that pain is being registered at some level but being ignored by the conscious mind. In current studies of cold pressor pain (experienced painlessly due to hypnotic analgesia), the subject can later be re-hypnotized and recollect in detail everything that was done including the registering of pain;...