title: Reducing pain and anxiety in children.
abstract: Children faced with clinical procedures may become distressed in anticipation of the experience of pain. This article describes psychological interventions designed to minimise the trauma children associate with potentially distressing situations. Although time-consuming, the author suggests they are valid tools in the control of pain.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: May
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000451:nursing / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000451:nursing*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D010988:Play and Playthings; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012064:Relaxation Therapy