The use of hypnosis in emergency medicine.
Hypnosis can be a useful adjunct in the emergency department setting. Its efficacy in various clinical applications has been replicated in controlled studies. Application to burns, pain, pediatric procedures, surgery, psychiatric presentations (e.g., coma, somatoform disorder, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress), and obstetric situations (e.g., hyperemesis, labor, and delivery) are described. Negative effects are discussed.
Peebles-Kleiger
M J
MJ
Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry and Mental Health Sciences, Menninger Clinic, Topeka, Kansas, USA. peeblemj@menninger.edu
D000776:Anesthesiology; D001007:Anxiety / Q000628:therapy; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D009774:Obstetrics; D059408:Pain Management; D010372:Pediatrics; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative