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The Use of Suggestion Techniques with Adolescents in the Treatment of Glue Sniffing and Solvent Abuse

School of Education Annexe, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 46 Leazes Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne NE14LZ

1 Various approaches to the treatment of adolescents who have developed long-term chronic dependency on the inhalation of solvent fumes are briefly outlined with regard to their effectiveness.

2 The importance of suggestion in the counselling relationship is emphasized as a feature which underlies the work of therapists from a wide range of systems of psychotherapy.

3 A method of treatment incorporating hypnosis is described and evaluated with reference to case reports.

4 The indications are that hypnotherapy has distinct advantages over other methods of treatment in the economy of time and effort needed to treat patients effectively in comparison with other methods; in reducing the observable and reported stress levels for patients undergoing treatment; and in improving the overall effectiveness of the therapy as measured by improvements in the patient's condition, e.g. severely reducing or ceasing the inhalation of solvent vapours.

Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 1, No. 3, 313-320 (1982)
DOI: 10.1177/096032718200100315


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