“…This holistic focus is important considering the complex medical and psychological comorbidities that occur with physical disability, including chronic fatigue and rates of depression as high as 50 per cent (Siegert and Abernethy, 2005). This is also consistent with the biopsychosocial approach recommended for chronic pain management (Nicholson Perry, 2012). Further research examining hypnotherapy as a treatment alternative to conventional pharmacology for disability-related pain is also warranted, with the five studies providing this data reporting longer term reduction in prescription of analgesics and narcotic pain relief among hypnosis participants (Castel et al, 2007; Gay et al, 2002; Haanen et al, 1991; Horton-hausknecht et al, 2000; Rickard, 2004).…”