Clinical hypnosis for palliative care in severe chronic diseases: a review and the procedures for relieving physical, psychological and spiritual symptoms.
Hypnotic treatment in severe chronic diseases, for pain and symptoms relief, has proven efficacy as adjuvant therapy, and should be offered to any individual, who expresses an interest in this method. While some theorize hypnotizability as a changing attribute of the individual, there is a growing body of literature that indicates hypnotizability may be characterized as a constellation of potentially modifiable attitudes and skills, which are strongly influenced by related factors, as suffering, in severe chronic diseases. In this article, I briefly review representative studies recognizing how clinical hypnosis in medicine is an effective complementary therapy, for pain and symptom's relief in severe chronic diseases and in palliative care. This paper highlights: (I) a scientific review to underline how clinical hypnosis has an important impact on the treatment goals and integration in relieving pain and symptoms; (II) the advanced techniques for effectively relieving pain and symptoms.
Department of Surgical Sciences, Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy Centre, Hospital GB Rossi, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. paola.brugnoli@libero.it.
Maria Paola
MP
Brugnoli
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D001007:Anxiety / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D001601:Bereavement; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003376:Counseling; D005192:Family Health; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D010146:Pain / Q000517:prevention & control; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D012944:Social Support; D029181:Spirituality
Palliative care; anxiety; hypnosis; pain; symptoms