H Omer

Biographic Data

ID8871795
NAMEH Omer
GIVEN NAMESH
FAMILY NAMEOmer
SIGNATUREOMER H
AFFILIATIONSHebrew University of Jerusalem
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS3
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR3
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1986
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1987
H-INDEX0

  • Failure of hypnotic relaxation in the treatment of postterm pregnancies

    H Omer, A SirkovitzARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine1987

    An attempt to utilize hypnotic relaxation in the induction of labor with women with postterm pregnancies had no results. These negative findings contrast with previously shown success of hypnotic relaxation in inhibiting preterm labor

  • Psychological characteristics of women with postterm pregnancies

    H Omer, Hoyam Salah Eltoum Omer et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine1987

    Sixty-one women with postterm pregnancies were compared with 72 term controls on scales of life-events, psychopathology, and attitudes towards pregnancy. Contrary to expectations, the postterm women scored lower in psychopathology than the controls. The slope of these scores declined from women with preterm, to those with term and postterm labor, paralleling the known slope for uterine reactivity to oxytocin. Results are interpreted as suggesting…

  • Hypnotic relaxation in the treatment of premature labor

    H Omer, D Friedlander et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine1986

    Hypnotic relaxation was used as an adjunct to pharmacologic treatment with 39 women hospitalized for premature contractions in pregnancy. The control group received medication alone and consisted of 70 women. Treatment was started at the time of hospitalization and lasted for 3 hr on the average. Patients were also given cassettes with a hypnotic-relaxation exercise for daily practice. The rate of pregnancy prolongation was significantly higher f…