CANADIAN FEDERATION OF CLINICAL HYPNOSIS
FÉDÉRATION CANADIENNE D’HYPNOSE CLINIQUE
NEW CANADIAN ONLINE JOURNAL LAUNCHED APRIL 30, 2011.
Dear Colleagues:
As President of CFCH/FCHC, I am proud to announce the launch of our new online journal: The Journal of Mind Body Regulation (MBR.)
MBR will provide a forum for advancing the relationship between sound science and effective practice. As such, it will be of interest to a broad range of clinicians and researchers including psychologists, physicians, neuroscientists, behavioural scientists and all those who deal with mind-body issues.
As an online open-access journal, MBR can rapidly publish and distribute contributions using all of the media available on the internet—colour, video and audio—in ways that will capture your attention and enhance your learning. And, subscribers can comment online about MBR’s content, using its advanced technological features.
Our distinguished Editor-in-Chief is Professor Amir Raz, a world-renowned cognitive neuroscientist and clinician. Dr. Raz holds a doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals including Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Archives of General Psychiatry, Consciousness and Cognition, and NeuroImage. Holding a prestigious Canada Research Chair at McGill University, Dr. Raz is Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Neurosurgery, and Psychology, and a Senior Researcher at the Lady Davis Institute of Medical Research at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal. You can read more about him and his research at www.jgh.ca/razlab.)
The first volume (MBR issues 1, 2 and 3) comprises an April demo issue followed by a collection of contributions from some of the most prominent experts on the topic of placebos – issues 2 and 3 – to appear in July and October of 2011, respectively.
To register, please go to www.clinicalhypnosis.ca and click on the link to MBR. Follow the simple instructions on the MBR home page. You will then be able to search the archives, publish comments and commentaries on the website and receive instant notification of new issues.
MBR 1. April, 2011
Models of psychopathology and hypnotic techniques:
1. Heap -- Does clinical hypnosis have anything to do with experimental hypnosis?
Michael Heap is a clinical and forensic psychologist and an honorary lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Sheffield and an expert on hypnosis and the preparation of expert witness reports.
2. Woody & Szechtman -- Using hypnosis to develop and test models of psychopathology
Eric Woody is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Waterloo. His interests fall in the area of personality theory and the relation of personality to psychopathology.
Henry Szechtman is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University. His research focuses on the effects of psycho-stimulants on behaviour and on the brain mechanisms of schizophrenia.
3. Lynn -- Trance logic and age regression: Suggestion context and incomplete responding
Steven Jay Lynn is a professor in the Department of Psychology and Director of the Psychological Clinic at Indiana University. He is an editor for various journals including the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Contemporary Hypnosis, and the International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis.
MBR 2 - July 2011:
Special Issue on Placebo Effects Part 1
1. Silberman – The healing lie: placebo effects and science journalism at the mind/body boundary
2. Moerman – Examining a powerful healing effect through a cultural lens
3. Foddy – The ethical placebo
4. Harris – Placebolicious: The many flavours of placebo in diet and food culture
5. Orsini – ‘Take two and see me in the morning’: Reflections on the political placebo effect
MBR 3 - October 2011:
Special Issue on Placebo Effects Part 2
1. Antonuccio – A meta-analysis of randomized placebo controlled trials of antidepressant medication in depressed children: small benefits, large stakes
2. de Jong – Sub-threshold or superb placebo? Relationships between antidepressant dose, expectation and evidence
3. Kirmayer – Unpacking the placebo response: Lessons from ethnographic studies of healing
4. Gold – Placebos and trust
We hope this introduction will whet your appetite for becoming a reader and perhaps a contributor to MBR. You will find contact information for authors on the website.
It is only through your involvement that we can ensure the success of this exciting and dynamic addition to the literature. We hope to see your articles, thoughts and comments published in MBR. Please feel free to forward this email to others who might be interested.
Best wishes,
Judy Coldoff, Ph.D., C.Psych.
President.
