Hypnosis Helped Physicians Pinpoint Cause Of Children's Seizures

ScienceDaily (2008-02-15) -- It was no way for an 11-year-old to live. For a month the boy had endured daily episodes of uncontrollable jerking and foaming at the mouth, and his physicians were concerned that the boy had epilepsy. Before starting the boy on a lifetime of anti-seizure medications, though, they turned to an unconventional diagnostic tool: hypnosis. Researchers used hypnosis to evaluate nine children prone to seizures and found that the technique could help them determine whether the children had epilepsy.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080214172701.htm