Hypnosis and Suggestion in the Treatment of

When a patient's suffering is not adequately managed by the best medical interventions available, the clinician may feel at a loss. This book offers guidance from the field's most respected experts on the psychological assessment and treatment of pain, particularly with hypnosis. It covers both syndromes of special interest (cancer pain, recurrent pain syndromes, headache, burn patients, etc.) and special populations (children and the elderly).

Joseph Barber, Ph.D., is associate clinical professor in the departments of anesthesiology and rehabilitation medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle.

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Preface
Contributors
A Brief Introduction to Hypnotic Analgesia	p. 3
Medical Evaluation of the Patient with Pain	p. 33
Psychological Evaluation of the Patient with Pain	p. 50
Hypnotic Analgesia: Psychological and Neural Mechanisms	p. 67
Hypnotic Analgesia: Clinical Considerations	p. 85
Cancer Pain	p. 121
Headache	p. 158
Dental Pain	p. 185
Painful Medical Procedures	p. 209
Burn Pain	p. 267
Children in Pain	p. 305
Elders in Pain	p. 341
Afterword: When We Fail	p. 367
References	p. 383
Name Index	p. 401
Subject Index	p. 406
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Hypnosis and Suggestion in the Treatment of Pain A Clinical Guide

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