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Medical hypnosis (also called hypnotherapy) remains one of the most controversial therapeutical methods in Psychiatry. It was coldly received after the undue criticism of Sigmund Freud, the father of Psychoanalysis. But, it came back with renewed strength after the 2nd World War , supported as a valid method by the main international medical societies.

In Brazil, hypnosis has endured serious disbelief, due to its frequent use in stage shows, by non medically qualified persons and even having jeopardized the human “guinea pigs” which were used. Fortunately its use out of the medical environment has been prohibited by a presidential decree in the early 60’s.

Currently, hypnosis is recognized as an adequate treatment for certain psychiatric conditions, even as a method of value to increase the immunological resistance of the patients, increasing the level of white cells (leukocytes) for the defense of our organism against diseases. For this reason it has been very much used in the therapy of AIDS because its seem to be the method which leads to the fastest alteration of the psychoimmunology of the patients (alteration of the immune system by means of the psyche).