Modern lifestyles continue to contribute to killer diseases. Stress related problems fill medical offices, and simlultaneously emptying the business. The following statistics are staggering:
15.7 million or 5.9% of the population in the U.S. have diabetes, and each day approximately 2,200 more people are diagnosed with the disease.
50,000,000 Americans age 6 and above have high blood pressure.
61,800,000 Americans have one or more types of cardiovascular disease.
Smoking costs Americans an estimated $130 billion annually in medical care. About 1 in 5 deaths is attributed to smoking. About 37,000-40,000 non-smokers die from CVD each year as a result of exposure to environmental smoke.
5.3 million, or 12.5 percent, of Americans between 6 and 17 are over-weight
There are more than 11 million alcoholics in the US alone.
There are more than 36 million depressed persons in the US alone.
Over 100 million suffer with headaches that are often stress-related.
Over 50 million suffer with sleep problems that are often stress-related.
Stress is linked to physical and mental health, as well as decreased willingness to take on new and creative endeavors.
Job burnout experienced by 25% to 40% of U.S. workers is blamed on stress.
More than ever before, employee stress is being recognized as a major drain on corporate productivity and competitiveness.
Depression, only one type of stress reaction, is predicted to be the leading occupational disease of the 21st century, responsible for more days lost than any other single factor, stress often playing a huge role.
$300 billion, or $7,500 per employee, is spent annually in the U.S. on stress-related compensation claims, reduced productivity, absenteeism, health insurance costs, direct medical expenses (nearly 50% higher for workers who report stress), and employee turnover. Nearly one in four mothers who work full-time and have children under 13. Studies show that women who work full-time and have children under the age of 13 report the greatest stress worldwide.
Globally, 23% of women executives and professionals, and 19% of their male peers, say they feel "super-stressed".
According to statistics supporting the Americans with Disabilities Act, 3-10% of the U.S. population have ADHD symptoms.
Hypnosis is not a type of therapy, and it is not a treatment in and of itself. What hypnosis does is help facilitate other types of therapies and treatments. Hypno-analgesia is associated with significant reductions in: ratings of pain, need for analgesics or sedation, nausea and vomiting, and length of stay in hospitals. Hypnosis has also been associated with better overall outcome after medical treatment and greater physiological stability. Surgeons and other health providers have reported significantly higher degrees of satisfaction with their patients treated with hypnosis than with their other patients.
Hypnotic analgesia has been used successfully in a number of interventions in many clinics, hospitals, and burn care centers, and dental offices.
