Download 1. Hypnosis

Hypnosis and Drugs
Music:
“Cigarette”
By Jeremy Fisher
“Addicted”
By Simple Plan
Lecture #6: Agenda
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Dream interpretation (cont’d from last week)
1. Hypnosis: a) Demonstration
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2. Drugs:
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b) Definition
c) Susceptibility
d) Facts & Falsehood
e) Theories
a) Alcohol
b) Marijuana
c) Ecstasy and others
3. Drug Dependence
4. Factors in Drug Use
5. Tutorial on Meditation
1. Hypnosis
a)
Demonstration using common
induction procedure
1. Hypnosis
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b) Definition:
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“Systematic procedure that typically produces a
heightened state of suggestibility.” (p.201)
c) Susceptibility:
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Hypnotic ability is normally distributed (10% not
hypnotizable/ 10% highly hypnotizable)
Associated traits:
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absorption, imaginativeness, rich fantasy life
Imaginative suggestibility
1. Hypnosis (cont’d)
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d) Facts and Falsehood:
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What hypnosis can do:
 Alleviate pain
 Sensory distortions
 Treatment of hypertension, migraines, allergies
What hypnosis cannot do:
 Age regression/ Regression into past lives
 Make people act against their will
 Recover lost memories
e) Theories of Hypnosis
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Role enactment theory
Hypnosis as an altered state/ dissociation
Unification of views
2. Drugs
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a) Alcohol:
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Effects: slows down brain activity that controls
judgment, inhibitions and motor coordination.
Accidents: BAC & driving
Violent crime: rape & domestic violence
Binge drinking in university students
Diagnosis of a drinking problem
Complications associated with chronic use:
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emotional
social
physical (p.221)
2. Drugs (cont’d)
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b) Cannabis:
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Effects: mild hallucinogen;amplifies sensitivity to
colors, sounds, tastes & smells
Associated problems
c) Ecstasy (MDMA)
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Effects: euphoria, energy, emotional bonding and
empathy
Physical consequences: damage to serotonin
pathways
Long term impairments in memory, mood and
personality
p.210
3. Drug Dependence: Criteria
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Psychoactive Drug Dependence DSM IV: (3
or more)
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Substance taken in larger amounts than intended
Desire and unsuccessful attempts to cut back
Considerable time spent obtaining the substance
Inability to fulfill role obligations & curtailing important
activities due to substance
Marked tolerance
Withdrawal symptoms
4. Factors in Drug Abuse
a) Nature of the drug
 b) Biological predisposition
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alcoholism
c) Psychological factors:
 Depression/anxiety
 Escape
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from painful self-awareness
d) Social factors:
 Peers
 Family
background
Stick around for the Tutorial…
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On Meditation!