Abstract
The use of hypnosis in depression treatments. The effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural therapy was studied under three different conditions: a) only cognitive-behavioural therapy, b) therapy plus relaxation and, c) therapy together with hypnosis. Twenty-one participants were used with age mean of 32,95 years and standard deviation of 12,43. All participants were diagnosed with a major depression according to the DSM-IV criteria. Results clearly show that cognitive-behavioural therapy is more effective when applied under hypnosis conditions. This effectiveness of the cognitive-behavioural therapy under hypnosis conditions was obtained for all clinical variables studied Anxiety, Depressive Neurosis, Major Depression, Histrionics, Psychotic Thinking.
