Hypnosis in the Reduction of Acute Pain and Distress in Children with Cancer

Katz, Ernest R.; Kellerman, Jonathan; Ellenberg, Leah

doi:10.1093/jpepsy/12.3.379

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“…This differs from hypnosis in that the child, through imagery, creates his own solution to the problem rather than the therapist offering suggestions for change. This process is felt to be especially effective in children because of their ability to have creative, active imaginations with a high degree of suggestibility [5][6][7].…”

Section: Guided Imagery Relaxation In Childrenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Guided Imagery and Relaxation Audio for Children with Cancer: Development and Evaluation

Othman¹,

Buang²,

Taib³

et al. 2013

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The study aims to develop, validate and evaluate a Guided Imagery and Relaxation (GIR) audio in Bahasa Malaysia, serving as one of the coping tools for children with cancer. Based on extensive review, GIR script was developed by a clinical psychologist. Panels of experts including pediatric oncologists and psychiatrists conducted initial assessment at multiple stages of hearing sessions. The final version of the audio was pre-recorded in MP3 player for evaluation. Face and content validation of 3 × approximately 5 minutes duration of GIR audio series were obtained via experts' reports. Twenty-three participants (5 adults, 18 children with cancer) listened to the audio and completed evaluation form. All adult evaluators gave positive remarks on the script, narration and recording quality. As for the children, 100% completed audio-hearing and majority (66.7% -88.9%) were able to imagine well without falling asleep and in some way were positively affected by the imagery-induced relaxation audio. Majority was not disturbed during the hearing sessions (66.7%), will hear it again (83.3%) and found it enjoyable (88.8%). This is the first known study developing GIR audio in Bahasa Malaysia which is feasible, enjoyable and beneficial for children that warrants efficacy study.

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Section: Guided Imagery Relaxation In Childrenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Guided Imagery and Relaxation Audio for Children with Cancer: Development and Evaluation

Othman¹,

Buang²,

Taib³

et al. 2013

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“…These investigations demonstrated that hypnosis was more effective than distraction in reducing children's distress (Zeltzer and LeBaron, 1982), particularly if the patients were younger (Kuttner, Bowman and Teasdale, 1988), or scored in the high range of hypnotic suggestibility (Smith, Barabasz and Barabasz, 1996). However, not all of the early studies showed that hypnosis was superior to distraction (Wall and Womack, 1989) or to nondirective play therapy (Katz, Kellerman and Ellenberg, 1987).…”

Section: Hypnotic Pain Reduction In Childrenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Recent developments in the study of hypnotic pain reduction: a new golden era of research?

Milling

2008

Contemporary Hypnosis

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This article presents a selective review of recent developments in research on hypnotic pain reduction. A profusion of well-controlled studies of hypnotic analgesia in children suggests that hypnosis ranks among the more effective psychological tools for managing the distress experienced by youngsters undergoing invasive medical procedures. This literature also draws attention to the importance of matching interventions to natural pain coping strategies. Virtual reality hypnosis shows much promise as a treatment and may offer hope to people who might otherwise be unable to experience hypnotic analgesia. Response expectancies appear to be a key psychological mechanism of hypnotic pain reduction. Neuroimaging studies point to activity in the midcingulate cortex as a possible biological mechanism of hypnotic analgesia. More generally, based upon the fi ndings of a sound empirical literature, important meta-analytic and qualitative reviews have concluded that hypnosis is effective for reducing both experimental and clinical pain. Indeed, the study of hypnotic pain reduction is vigorous, innovative, and may well have entered a golden era of research.

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“…These techniques include meditation, prayer, medical uses of hypnosis, expressive therapies such as music, art, dance therapy, and yoga and other movement therapies. Several pediatric clinical trials of mind-body therapies were located, [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] mostly using hypnosis for symptom control (Table 3). With regard to clinical trials of expressive therapies, such as music, art, or dance, two pilot studies were located (Table 4).…”

Section: Clinical Trials Of Biologically Based Therapiesmentioning

confidence: 99%