Hypnotherapy and its impact on the reduction of signs and symptoms resulting from withdrawal to cocaine in the center of adolescents in conflict with the law

Abstract

Discovering an effective method to decrease or reduce the set of signs and symptoms resulting from Cocaine Withdrawal Syndrome, which occur in adolescents entering the juvenile offenders center of the city of Machala, Ecuador, is the purpose of this investigation. The scientific technique chosen by a technical, ethical, and legal way was hypnosis, which for this purpose corresponds to hypnotherapy. The participants in the research process were 20 teenage boys, ranging in ages from 12 to 18 are not completed, deprived of their liberty, alleged perpetrators of an offense under the Code for Children and  Adolescents and that have been diagnosed with Cocaine withdrawal Syndrome by the diagnostic criteria of the DSM IV-R. The scientific method was used through the application of the clinical method and the resulting own clinical psychology techniques. The instruments used were Hamilton Anxiety Scale, Hamilton Depression Scale, measuring Protocol Signs and Symptoms Previous (before applying hypnosis), and measurement protocol and post signs Application Symptoms Hypnosis. As for the results found in the Observation Form and Measurement Symptom Previous prevail intense desire for cocaine, the presence of anxiety, increased sleep, psychomotor agitation and a sharp deterioration in the performance of activities organized institutionally, grooming and communication with family and Observation Form and Measurement after application of Hypnosis it was possible to observe displayed Symptoms: Lack of consumption, slightly anxious tone, there is slight increase in sleep, appetite and psychomotor agitation, there is a stronger link institutional activities (not considered as normal), wants to communicate with his family. In light of the above, through hypnotherapy is concluded that the people tested, the number of 20 were diagnosed with consistent pathology Disorders Substance (Dependency and Withdrawal Syndrome Cocaine) after the application of Hypnotherapy, state anxious mood descended to mild level, regularization of sleep was achieved, psychomotor wander exaggerated, linking institutional activities and the desire to communicate with his family became notorious and evident after the application of psychotherapy.