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Hypnosis for Pain Relief

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Hypnosis can be defined as an altered conscious state of focused attention which involves absorption, some dissociative elements, and an increased responsiveness to suggestion. Suggestions are verbal or non-verbal communications leading to subconscious changes in perception, mood, or behaviour. The main value of hypnosis as a technique in managing pain is to assist patients as a supplement to standard clinical care. The belief that the patient can do more than he or she thinks (and more than the doctor believes is possible) is likely to generate surprising therapeutic responses.

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  1. University of Adelaide, School of Psychology, Level 4, Hughes Building, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia

    Johanna Saltis BSc, PhD

  2. Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Nepean Hospital, Derby St, Kingswood, NSW, 2750, Australia

    Suyin G. M. Tan MBBS, FRCA, FANZCA, FFPMANZCA

  3. Department of Women’s Anesthesia, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, 72 King William Road, North Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5006, Australia

    Allan M. Cyna FRCA, FANZCA, PhD

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    R. Jason Yong

  2. Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Michael Nguyen

  3. Department of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Ehren Nelson

  4. Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Health Care Center at Chestnut Hill, Center for Perioperative Research, Sedation for Interventional Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Richard D. Urman

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Saltis, J., Tan, S.G.M., Cyna, A.M. (2017). Hypnosis for Pain Relief. In: Yong, R., Nguyen, M., Nelson, E., Urman, R. (eds) Pain Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43133-8_152

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