David Spiegel, M.D., is Associate Chair of Psychiatry at Stanford University

Stanford University

The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...

, where he is known for his research into breast cancer

Breast cancer

Breast cancer is cancer originating from breast tissue, most commonly from the inner lining of milk ducts or the lobules that supply the ducts with milk. Cancers originating from ducts are known as ductal carcinomas; those originating from lobules are known as lobular carcinomas...

. He directs the Stanford Center on Stress and Health and is "one of the nation's most respected experts in the clinical uses of hypnosis

Hypnosis

Hypnosis is "a trance state characterized by extreme suggestibility, relaxation and heightened imagination."It is a mental state or imaginative role-enactment . It is usually induced by a procedure known as a hypnotic induction, which is commonly composed of a long series of preliminary...

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David Spiegel is the son of the late Herbert Spiegel

Herbert Spiegel

Herbert Spiegel was an American psychiatrist who popularized therapeutic hypnosis as a mainstream medical treatment for patients suffering from pain, anxiety and addictions...

, M.D., who was likewise an expert in hypnosis.

Selected publications

• Eds. Lake J, Spiegel D. (2006). Complementary And Alternative Treatments in Mental Health Care. American Psychiatric Pub, Inc.

External links

• Stanford profile page