Organisations:
Campaign Against Stage Hypnosis (CASH)
Telephone: 020 8460 7578
Website: www.derek-crussell.co.uk/cash
Founded by Margaret Harper, the mother of Sharron Tabarn, following her daughter’s death in 1993, CASH’s ultimate aim is to get stage hypnotism banned in the UK. They help and support the victims of stage hypnotism and treat them free of charge.
News reports:
Court victory for hypnosis woman, 25 May 2001
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1352057.stm
A woman who claimed a stage hypnosis show turned her into a suicidal "zombie" has won her High Court damages action.
'No link between hypnotism and madness', 23 April 1999
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/327064.stm
Dr Graham Wagstaff, a researcher and member of the British Society of Experimental and Clinical Hypnosis, tells its annual conference that there is no proof that hypnosis can cause severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia.
Further information:
The Case of a Woman Who Died After Being a Volunteer in a Stage Hypnosis Show
www.tracieokeefe.com/sharrontabarn.htm
Research paper which reviews the circumstances and dynamics surrounding the death of Sharron Tabarn and considers what lessons may be learnt.
Stage Hypnotism: Review of the Stage Hypnotism Act 1952
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/docs/hoc9639.pdf
Government circular from 1996 which sets out revised conditions for local authorities on the licensing of public performances of stage hypnotism following the Home Office's review of the 1952 Hypnotism Act.
Hypnosis in Media: Magazines
www.hypnosisinmedia.com/index2.html
A collection of various references to hypnosis in magazines from the 1920s to the present day.
Reading:
Investigating Stage Hypnosis by Tracie O'Keefe (Extraordinary People Press, 1998) £9.99
An in-depth investigation into the world of stage hypnosis, examining the devastating side effects suffered by some volunteers.
Hidden Depths: The Story of Hypnosis by Robin Waterfield (Macmillan, 2002) £20
Hidden Depths explores the world of hypnosis, tracing its history from a passage in the book of Genesis to the present day, to gain insight into our behaviour and psychology. The anaesthetic and healing power of hypnosis is examined, as is the controversial issue of stage hypnosis.
For information about the use of hypnosis as therapy, read on.
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