title: [Positive suggestion techniques in somatic medicine].
abstract: There is a re-occurring question in medical practice: do positive attitude and communication of the medical staff make any difference?
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Our aim is to present a comprehensive image of the medically relevant effects of positive suggestions by reviewing the recent literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  We review the studies measuring the effects of suggestive communication of the past 20 years. In cases of studies presented in more details we quote from the suggestion scripts used in the study, too.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most of the reviewed papers affirm that positive suggestions lead to decreased pain and use of pain medication. But physiological factors like bowel motility, blood pressure and bleeding during surgery can be positively affected, too.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Suggestive communication - a yet poorly utilized tool - used appropriately can significantly affect healing and recovery of a patient. Thus we emphasize further, more detailed study of this technique and its integration into the education of medical professionals.
authors.affiliation: Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem Pszichológiai Intézet Budapest Izabella u. 46. 1064. kekecs.zoltan@gmail.com
authors.forename: Zoltán
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kekecs
authors.forename: Katalin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Varga
mesh_terms: D000698:Analgesia / Q000379:methods*; D000700:Analgesics / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001290:Attitude; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003142:Communication; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D059408:Pain Management; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000628:therapy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013404:Suggestion; D014860:Warts / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics