Hypnosis was approved in the 1955 by the British Medical Association. In 1958 the American Medical Association approved hypnosis as a valid treatment method. A research study was done by the American Health Magazine on Psychoanalysis, Behavior Therapy, and Hypnosis as treatments for mental health issues reported these results:
Psychoanalysis= 38% recovery after 600 sessionsBehavior Therapy=73% recovery after 22 sessionsHypnosis =93% recover after 6 sessions.
