Self-Hypnosis Reduces Symptoms of Tourette Syndrome

Below is an excerpt from the July 12, 2010 ScienceDaily article, “Children and Teens with Tourette Syndrome Find Relief with Self-Hypnosis.”

A new study of children and adolescents with Tourette Syndrome finds that self-hypnosis taught with the aid of videotape training reduced their symptoms and improved their quality of life.

Seventy-nine percent of the 33 research participants achieved enough improvement in tic control to report personal satisfaction with the technique, according to the study published online in the July issue of theĀ Journal of Development and Behavioral Pediatrics. Read the rest of the article here.

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