The relevance of outcome expectations in group hypnosis for stress reduction: a secondary analysis of a multicenter randomized controlled trial.

Background: There is evidence that patients' positive outcome expectations prior to study interventions are associated with better treatment outcomes. Nevertheless, to date, only few studies have investigated whether individual outcome expectations affect treatment outcomes in hypnosis.

Objective: To examine whether outcome expectations to hypnosis prior to starting treatment were able to predict perceived stress, as measured on a visual analog scale (VAS), after 5 weeks.

Group hypnosis for stress reduction and improved stress coping: a multicenter randomized controlled trial.

Background: The aim of the trial was to investigate the effect of a hypnotherapeutic group program in healthy persons with increased levels of perceived stress.

Methods: In a randomized controlled multicenter trial participants with a self-assessed subjective stress level ≥ 40 mm on a visual analogue scale (0-100 mm; VAS) for the previous week and a stable state of health were randomized to either 5 weekly sessions of 120-min duration of a hypnotherapeutic group program for stress reduction and improved stress coping plus 5 hypnosis audiorecords for individual practice at home plus an educational booklet for stress coping (hypnosis group) versus an educational booklet only (control group). The primary outcome parameter was the VAS stress level for the previous week after 5 weeks.

Group Hypnosis for Stress Reduction - A Feasibility Study.

The aim of this study was to develop a standardized hypnotherapeutic group program for stress reduction, test its feasibility, and measure its preliminary pre- to postintervention effects. In this prospective, single-arm feasibility study, healthy adult participants with self-assessed increased stress levels received 5 weekly group hypnosis sessions plus audio recordings. Twelve persons (10 females, mean (SD) age 48.

How effective is the early support program for psychosocially burdened mothers and their infants? A comparative intervention study.

Objectives: Our aim was to examine the effects of an early perinatal prevention program offered to mothers and families suffering from significant psychosocial burden.

Methods: All mothers giving birth in a Berlin university hospital during Jan-Aug 2013 were screened with a standardized 27-item questionnaire by trained staff. Mothers with a screening-score ≥ 3, who were not enrolled in other public support programs, were defined as psychosocially burdened.

[Evaluation of the Babylotse-Plus screening form : Evaluation of a simple instrument to systematically identify parents of newborns with severe psychosocial stress at Charité Berlin].

Background: The well-being and healthy development of children are at risk in families with severe psychosocial stress. In Germany, simple and valid screening instruments are lacking to identify families in need of early support.

Objectives: We aimed to examine the diagnostic accuracy of a simple perinatal screening form to identify families at high psychosocial risk.

[Measures of grief--a critical review].

Scientific investigations show that the course of a grieving process may have a substantial impact on the mental and physical wellbeing of those concerned. An international survey of measuring instruments designed to register grief shows little conformity with respect to the key symptoms of grieving. Only few instruments are derived from scientific theory, the majority have been developed on the basis of clinical observations and only some of the instruments are psychometrically designed.