Focused hypnotic analgesia: Local and remote effects

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis;  January 1, 2007 ;   Wickramasekera, Ian II;   409 words ......Y., & Tal, M. (2006). Focused hypnotic analgesia: Local and remote effects. Pain...to examine the specific effects of hypnotic analgesia in response to painful electrical...this experiment they study "focused hypnotic analgesia" using targeted hypnotic analgesic...

Understanding the multidimensional mechanisms of hypnotic analgesia

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis;  January 1, 2004 ;   Hammond, D Corydon;   435 words ......the multidimensional mechanisms of hypnotic analgesia. Contemporary Hypnosis, 20(2), 59-...and chronic pain. In acute pain, hypnotic analgesia effects are specific, positively...aspects and apparent paradoxes of hypnotic analgesia. Recent neurophysiological research...

Control conditions in hypnotic analgesia clinical trials: Challenges and...

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis;  July 1, 2005 ;   Wickramsekera, Ian II;   160 words ......D. (2005). Control conditions in hypnotic analgesia clinical trials: Challenges and recommendations...clinical trials of the efficacy of hypnotic analgesia in treating patients with chronic...that would otherwise indicate that hypnotic analgesia is effective in treating chronic...

Low back pain and hypnosis.(Psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology Review and...

Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine;  October 1, 2006 ;   Anderson, Robert A.;   369 words ......were evaluated during control and hypnotic analgesia conditions at anterior frontal, midfrontal...compared to the control condition. Hypnotic analgesia led to highly significant mean reductions...by the end of the third session. Hypnotic analgesia is a proactive process that ...

Satisfaction with, and the beneficial side effects of, hypnotic analgesia

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis;  January 1, 2007 ;   Wickramasekera, Ian II;   218 words ......and the beneficial side effects of, hypnotic analgesia. International Journal of Clinical...long term side effects of employing hypnotic analgesia with chronic pain patients. The participants...in a study of the effectiveness of hypnotic analgesia to manage pain. The authors were...

Current psychological approaches to the management of chronic pain

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis;  January 1, 2008 ;   Wickramasekera, Ian II;   201 words ......which are supportive of utilizing hypnotic analgesia to help chronic pain patients. The...temporary relief from chronic pain using hypnotic analgesia and related aspects of cognitive...have training in using hypnosis and hypnotic analgesia. Address for reprints: Ivan R. Molton...

Role of histaminergic neurons in role of hypnotic modulation of visceral...

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis;  January 1, 2008 ;   Wickramasekera, Ian II;   483 words ......visceral sensations can be seen in how hypnotic analgesia can be attended with pleasant numbing...sensations that people experience during hypnotic analgesia. The authors decided to test their...of the painful stimuli during the hypnotic analgesia condition. These changes were also...

Hypnotic analgesia intervention during first-trimester pregnancy...

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis;  July 1, 2008 ;   Wickramasekera, Ian II;   408 words ......Valle E., & Dodin S. (2008). Hypnotic analgesia intervention during first-trimester...randomized control study on the effects of hypnotic analgesia to reduce pain and anxiety during...outcome seemed to indicate that the hypnotic analgesia protocol they were using for the...

Focused analgesia and generalized relaxation produce differential hypnotic...

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis;  July 1, 2004 ;   Hammond, D Corydon;   387 words ......generalized relaxation produce differential hypnotic analgesia in response to ascending stimulus...different types of hypnotic suggestion on hypnotic analgesia. Generalized relaxation and focused...able to discover two components of hypnotic analgesia. One component, relaxation, ...

Hypnosis Prevents the Cardiovascular Response to Cold Pressor Test

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis;  April 1, 2007 ;   Casiglia, Edoardo; Schiavon, Laura; Tikhonoff, Valérie; Nasto, Hilda Haxhi; Et al;   787 words ......pain as well. This indicates that hypnotic analgesia implies a decrease of sensitivity...particular, it is unclear whether hypnotic analgesia represents nothing more than an inhibitory...HEA, so clarifying whether or not hypnotic analgesia, if any, has to be considered an...

Long-term outcome of hypnotic-analgesia treatment for chronic pain in...

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis;  July 1, 2008 ;   Wickramasekera, Ian II;   276 words ......D.R. (2008). Long-term outcome of hypnotic-analgesia treatment for chronic pain in persons...series of 26 cases where they utilized hypnotic analgesia to assist patients with chronic pain...examine the long-term efficacy of hypnotic analgesia to assist patients with chronic pain...

Hypnosis delivered through immersive virtual reality for burn pain: A...

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis;  July 1, 2006 ;   Wickramasekera, Ian II;   265 words ......patients to be more responsive to hypnotic analgesia using the technological methods of...burn patient learn to produce self-hypnotic analgesia. The investigators focused in on...professionals as a target for their virtual hypnotic analgesia intervention. The authors noted that...

Hypnotic analgesia for chronic pain in persons with disabilities: A case...

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis;  July 1, 2005 ;   Wickramsekera, Ian II;   234 words ......M., Hanley, M., Engel, J., Romano, J., Barber, J., Cardenas, D., Kraft, G., Hoffman, A., & Patterson, D. (2005). Hypnotic analgesia for chronic pain in persons with disabilities: A case series. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis...

Dialogical components in theory-building: Contributions of Hilgard, Orne...

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis;  July 1, 2003 ;   Hammond, D Corydon;   143 words ......dialogue is the degree of credibility accorded to subject self-reports concerning their experience during the experience of hypnotic analgesia, amnesia, and hallucinations. The epistemological subtext of the dialogue focuses on whether the counter-expectational...

Hypnosis in cancer care

American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis;  July 1, 2006 ;   Wickramasekera, Ian II;   143 words ......Hypnosis, 23(1), 47-57. The author provides a nice review of the efficacy of hypnosis in helping cancer patients with hypnotic analgesia, anxiolysis, and other benefits. The author presents evidence from many studies and concludes that hypnosis can help adult...