Introduction:

In the XIX century, Jean-Martin Charcot laid the clinical foundations to study the hysteria, where hypnosis had a preponderant role. It can be stated that works carried out from a psychoanalytical perspective consolidated the use of the term hysteria in contemporary clinic.

Objective:

To evaluate the effectiveness of hypnotherapy in patients with conversion disorder.

Methods:

An experimental study was carried out on 36 patients, from both sexes, with conversion disorders, treated in the Therapeutic Hypnosis Clinic from the University of Medical Sciences and the Southern Children Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, from July to September, 2017. To such an effect, two groups were formed with 18 members each one (selected at random): control group (received drug treatment and individual psychotherapy) and study group (therapy with hypnosis). Seven therapeutic sessions were designed to compare the symptomatic clinical course as a response to the recommended treatment.

Results:

There was a decrease of the symptomatic pattern in both groups, because there was a high percentage of patients recovered from the conversion disorder, with 88.8% in the study group and 55.5% in control group.

Conclusions:

Hypnotherapy was effective in patients with conversion disorders.

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