“…Those assigned to the hypnosis intervention were administered the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility to track whether symptom improvement is associated with hypnotizability (Iglesias & Iglesias, 2008;Lichtenberg, Shapira, Kalish, & Abramowitz, 2009;Nash et al, 2009;Oneal, Patterson, Soltani, Teeley, & Jensen, 2008;Pyun & Kim, 2008;Raz, 2008;Wagstaff, Cole, & Brunas-Wagstaff, 2008;Whitehead, Noller, & Sheehan, 2008;Xu & Cardeña, 2008;Yard, DuHamel, & Galynker, 2008). The authors include a host of measures to detect changes in cognition and coping strategies sometimes associated with hypnotic interventions (Karlin, Hill, & Messer, 2008;Nathanson, 2009;Pekala et al, 2008;Pyun & Kim, 2009;Robertson, 2009aRobertson, , 2009bSala et al, 2008;Szendi et al, 2009;Tschugguel & Hunter, 2008). Standardized scales as well as pain diaries were used at baseline and during three treatment phase intervals.…”