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Volume 4 Clinical Neuropsychology: Open Access Neuropsychiatry 2018
August 27-28, 2018
August 27-28, 2018 Tokyo, Japan
8th Global Experts Meeting on
Advances in Neurology and Neuropsychiatry
Obiajulu C Okoye, ClinNeuropsychol 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.4172/2472-095X-C1-002
The efficacy of hypnotherapy in conversion disorders: A systematic review
Obiajulu C Okoye
St George Healthcare Group, UK
C onversion Disorders (CD) are the psychogenic based deficits in motor and sensory function, classified as a somatoform
disorder in DSM-IV and a dissociative disorder in ICD 10. Treatment of CD with hypnosis extends as far back as the
19th century and used by eminent psychiatric/psychology luminaries like Charcot and Freud, yet not as well-known as
newer/other psychotherapies like CBT, psychodynamic therapy, DBT, etc. Hypnotherapy was endorsed by British Medical
Society, American Medical Association and NIH Technology Assessment Panel in 1955, 1958 and 1996, respectively. Recent
neuroimaging studies show the similarities of neurophysiological processes in CD and during hypnosis which may point to
potential efficaciousness of hypnosis in CD. No previous systematic review of efficacy of hypnotherapy for CD, so this review
might be the first one, though several case studies show hypnosis to be efficacious for CDs.
Biography
Obiajulu C Okoye is a Consultant Neuropsychiatrist to a secure and locked rehab unit in the United Kingdom, for people with brain injury and autism, who have
significant challenging behaviors. Before his current post in which he has worked for almost 2 years, he had extensive experience of over 8 years, of working as a
Consultant Psychiatrist in the NHS, in the United Kingdom, in different adult psychiatry services, such as Locked Personality Disorder Unit, Prison In-reach Mental
Health team, Crisis team, etc. He has also been involved in teaching and as an Examiner of medical students, General Practitioner and Psychiatric Trainee Doctors
in the UK. He has been involved in research and has published in peer review journal. He is passionate about creating hope were there appears to have been none
for people with neuropsychiatric problems and other general psychiatric conditions.