title: Neurophysiological attributes of the hypnotic state and the utility of hypnosis in pediatric medicine and burn care.
abstract: Three articles of special interest to the hypnosis community recently appeared in the general scientific and medical literatures. The first paper is a thoughtful review of the clinical applications of hypnosis in pediatric settings. The second article reports the findings of a randomized, controlled trial of hypnosis for burn-wound care, carried out at the University of Washington Medical School. The third article describes an innovative EEG laboratory case study tracking the cortex functional connectivity of a highly hypnotizable subject across various baseline and experimental conditions. These three articles are sturdy examples of how hypnosis illuminates (and is illuminated by) medical and psychological science.
authors: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0900, USA. mnash@utk.edu
authors: Michael R
authors: MR
authors: Nash
authors: Jacob J
authors: JJ
authors: Levy
authors: Anthony
authors: A
authors: Tasso
authors: Nicole
authors: N
authors: Perez
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000628:therapy*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis / Q000379:methods*; D009482:Neurophysiology / Q000379:methods; D010372:Pediatrics