title: Imagination training: a tool with many uses.
abstract: Guided imagery, self-hypnosis, and related strategies can help improve patient comfort during medical procedures. Use them to relieve pain and nausea, control heightened anxiety and phobias, and generally make the office visit easier for everyone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D007092:Imagination; D009819:Office Visits; D010146:Pain / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012064:Relaxation Therapy