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So im reading Oliver Sacks (neurologist) book "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
In the second chapter he is talking about a patient with Korsakov's amnesia.
He talks about how he sent the patient to a psychiatrist for evaluation and then says
"the examination had included a sodium amytal test, calculated to "release" any memories which might be repressed. She also attempted to hypnotize the patient, in hopes of eliciting memories repressed by hysteria"
I was curious if these (especially curious about hypnosis) would still be widely used or acceptable techniques in psychiatry?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_amytal
In the second chapter he is talking about a patient with Korsakov's amnesia.
He talks about how he sent the patient to a psychiatrist for evaluation and then says
"the examination had included a sodium amytal test, calculated to "release" any memories which might be repressed. She also attempted to hypnotize the patient, in hopes of eliciting memories repressed by hysteria"
I was curious if these (especially curious about hypnosis) would still be widely used or acceptable techniques in psychiatry?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_amytal