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The '''Virtual gastric band''' is a procedure of [[hypnotherapy]] that makes believe the brain that the stomach is smaller than it really is, with the purpose of limiting the amount of food ingested. |
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== History == |
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The Virtual Gastric Band is based on the idea of the Gastric Band. There is no certainty of it's original origins as the concept has been constructed in a number of ways by various hypnotherapists including [[Armando Scharovsky]] from Argentina and [[Sheila Granger]] from the UK. Granger's interpretation of the Virtual Gastric Band garnered interest from the international press[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3065533/Fat-patients-hypnotised-to-think-thin.html International Press] when she began working alongside an NHS G.P. and ran a trial that proved 95% succesful. Sheila claims having trained hypnotherapists in USA, Europe and Australia. Scharovsky claims the same for several countries in Latin America. |
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== Technique == |
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The procedure used more often consists in making a session of [[hypnosis]] followed by sessions of Re-hypnosis. During the hypnosis session the brain is ordered to believe the stomach is smaller than it really is and the hipnopedia sessions are used to reinforce improvements in alimentary habits. As a consequence, the ingestion of food is limited in a virtual way, which produces as a result loss of weight. After the process, some reinforcements are made via psychological treatment for the management of anxiety. |
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==Hypnosis as therapy== |
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One of the most common areas of controversy of is the use of hypnosis as a tool for an effective therapy. In a study made in 1996 in which hypnosis was combined with a [[cognitive-behavioral therapy]] (CBT) it was found that people who used both treatments lost more weight than people that only used CBT.<ref>Kirsch, Irving. "Hypnotic enhancement of cognitive-behavioural weight loss treatments : Another meta-reanalysis." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. [http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=3143031]</ref> |
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==Advantages== |
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The gastric virtual band procedure does not require surgery, and hence, for not being invasive, there is no trauma at all, neither hospitalization. Oh the other hand, the loss of weight is experienced since the beginning of treatment. Likewise, the patients treated with hypnosis in weight loss reduce costs of treatment in $772 US dollars in average. <ref>Montgomery GH, et al. "A Randomized Clinical Trial of a Brief Hypnosis Intervention to Control Side Effects in Breast Surgery Patients." J Natl Cancer Inst. 5 September 2007;99(17):1280-1.</ref><ref>Montgomery, Guy. "Reducing Pain After Surgery Via Hypnosis". Your Cancer Today</ref> |
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== Disadvantages == |
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The treatment is not very well known and hence the results are yet to be widely confirmed. Yet, the [[NHS]] includes hypnotherapy as part of its complementary and alternative medicines for obesity. Those who have tried VGB express it requires great discipline in the hypnopedia sessions, such that the changes in alimentary habits really happen. It's possible that for some people this is a limitation. |
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== Effects or results == |
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As opposed to other procedures requiring surgery, the VGB could represent meaningful losses of weight permanently since it focuses directly in the alimentary habits. UK Clinical Hypnotherapist [[Sheila Granger]] claims 95% success rate. <ref>http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3065533/Fat-patients-hypnotised-to-think-thin.html The Sun: Fat Patients Hypnotised to think thin. </ref> |
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== References == |
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[[Category:Hypnosis]] |
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[[Category:Obesity]] |
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[[Category:Diets]] |
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[[es:Banda gástrica virtual]] |
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