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[Hypotheses on the psychodynamics of the hypnotized]. 1983

M Paladino

The hypnotic process starts when the ties between subject and object (perceptions) are sufficiently slackened. The psychodynamics of hypnosis in the hypnotized are reviewed, highlighting the mental machinery set in motion from the start of the process to its conclusion.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006990	Hypnosis	A state of increased receptivity to suggestion and direction, initially induced by the influence of another person or oneself.	Autohypnosis,Clinical Hypnosis,Hypnoanalysis,Mesmerism,Self-Hypnosis,Hypnotherapy,Hypnotism,Hypnosis, Clinical,Hypnotherapies,Self Hypnosis
D007062	Identification, Psychological	A process by which an individual unconsciously endeavors to pattern himself after another. This process is also important in the development of the personality, particularly the superego or conscience, which is modeled largely on the behavior of adult significant others.	Identification (Psychology),Identification, Psychology,Identifications (Psychology),Identifications, Psychological,Identifications, Psychology,Psychological Identification,Psychological Identifications,Psychology Identification,Psychology Identifications
D011908	Rationalization	A defense mechanism operating unconsciously, in which the individual attempts to justify or make consciously tolerable, by plausible means, feelings, behavior, and motives that would otherwise be intolerable.
D012043	Regression, Psychology	A return to earlier, especially to infantile, patterns of thought or behavior, or stage of functioning, e.g., feelings of helplessness and dependency in a patient with a serious physical illness. (From APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994).	Psychological Regression,Regression (Psychology),Psychology Regression
D004213	Dissociative Disorders	Sudden temporary alterations in the normally integrative functions of consciousness.	Dissociation,Fugue,Hysteria, Dissociative,Dissociative Reaction,Disorder, Dissociative,Disorders, Dissociative,Dissociative Disorder,Dissociative Hysteria,Dissociative Reactions,Hysterias, Dissociative,Reaction, Dissociative,Reactions, Dissociative
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man