@article{ref1,
title="A spiritual-hypnosis assisted treatment of children with PTSD after the 2002 Bali terrorist attack",
journal="American journal of clinical hypnosis",
year="2009",
author="Lesmana, C. B. J. and Suryani, L. K. and Jensen, G. D. and Tiliopoulos, Niko",
volume="52",
number="1",
pages="23-34",
abstract="The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a spiritual-hypnosis assisted therapy (SHAT) for treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children. All children, age 6-12 years (N=226; 52.7% females), who experienced the terrorist bomb blasts in Bali in 2002, and subsequently were diagnosed with PTSD were studied, through a longitudinal, quasi-experimental (pre-post test), single-blind, randomized control design. Of them, 48 received group SHAT (treatment group), and 178 did not receive any therapy (control group). Statistically significant results showed that SHAT produced a 77.1% improvement rate, at a two-year follow up, compared to 24% in the control group, while at the same time, the mean PTSD symptom score differences were significantly lower in the former group. We conclude that the method of spiritual-hypnosis is highly effective, economic, and easily implemented, and has a potential for therapy of PTSD in other cultures or other catastrophic life-threatening events.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0002-9157",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}