They claimed above a 90% success rate when using a loud buzzing noise to stop the bed wetting. It was also reported there were only a few children that relapsed within the two year time frame, and there was no reports of any undesirable behaviors showing up during this therapy. The evidence for the symptom substitution was more extreme. In the example they gave the target behavior was overeating. The girl that was overeating was hypnotized and was told to substitute her overeating behavior with sucking her thumb. Every time she felt the need to overeat she was to stick her thumb in her mouth. After two weeks she reported losing 16 pounds but also reported a badly chewed and bitten
They claimed above a 90% success rate when using a loud buzzing noise to stop the bed wetting. It was also reported there were only a few children that relapsed within the two year time frame, and there was no reports of any undesirable behaviors showing up during this therapy. The evidence for the symptom substitution was more extreme. In the example they gave the target behavior was overeating. The girl that was overeating was hypnotized and was told to substitute her overeating behavior with sucking her thumb. Every time she felt the need to overeat she was to stick her thumb in her mouth. After two weeks she reported losing 16 pounds but also reported a badly chewed and bitten