Tim Brunson DCH

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Hypnosis for treatment of pain in children.

Posted At : March 31, 2008 8:25 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
Related Categories: Pain Management


Many children suffer from chronic and painful illnesses. Hypnosis was found to be effective for analgesia in adults. Is it effective for managing pain in children? ANSWER: Children can be easier to hypnotize than adults. Studies have shown clinical hypnosis and self-hypnosis to be effective as adjunct treatments for children in pain. Examples include painful medical procedures, such as bone marrow aspiration and lumbar puncture in pediatric cancer patients, postoperative pain and anxiety in children undergoing surgery, and chronic headache.

Can Fam Physician. 2007 May;53(5):823-5. Rogovik AL, Goldman RD. Pediatric Research in Emergency Therapeutics program, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont.

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An update on age, hypnotic suggestibility, and gender: a brief report.

Posted At : March 31, 2008 8:25 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
Related Categories: General


This study assessed the relationship of age and hypnotic suggestibility in an effort to partially update the findings of Morgan and Hilgard (1973). A total of 2,660 undergraduates were administered the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility, Form A (HGSHS:A; Shor & Orne, 1962) over a 7 year period. Consistent with Morgan and Hilgard's results, we found a general trend for hypnotic suggestibility scores to decrease from age 17 to 40, and then increase thereafter. We also found that female participants scored higher on the HGSHS: A compared with males across the various age ranges that we sampled.

Am J Clin Hypn. 2007 Apr;49(4):283-7. Page RA, Green JP. Ohio State University, 4240 Campus Drive, Lima, Ohio 45804, USA. page.6@osu.edu

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