Hypnosis and suggestion in the treatment of pain: a clinical guide

Description

When a patient's suffering is not adequately managed by the best medical interventions available, the clinician may feel at a loss. In such cases, he or she needs modern, scientifically based, and effective psychological methods. This book offers clinicians guidance from the field's most respected experts on the psychological assessment and treatment of pain, particularly with hypnosis. Remarkably honest and authoritative, this book gives clinicians the resources they need to treat recalcitrant pain problems. It has the potential to relieve the suffering of millions of people with recurrent or chronic pain syndromes.;Foreword / Ernest R. Hilgard -- 1. A Brief Introduction to Hypnotic Analgesia / Joseph Barber -- 2. Medical Evaluation of the Patient with Pain / John J. Bonica and John D. Loeser -- 3. Psychological Evaluation of the Patient with Pain / Joseph Barber -- 4. Hypnotic Analgesia: Psychological and Neural Mechanisms / Donald D. Price -- 5. Hypnotic Analgesia: Clinical Considerations / Joseph Barber -- 6. Cancer Pain / Karen L. Syrjala and Sari Roth-Roemer -- 7. Headache / Joseph Barber -- 8. Dental Pain / Roseann Mulligan -- 9. Painful Medical Procedures / Christel J. Bejenke -- 10. Burn Pain / David R. Patterson -- 11. Children in Pain / Samuel LeBaron and Lonnie K. Zeltzer -- 12. Elders in Pain / Samuel LeBaron and William C. Fowkes -- Afterword: When We Fail / Joseph Barber and Samuel LeBaron. Foreword / Ernest R. Hilgard -- 1. A Brief Introduction to Hypnotic Analgesia / Joseph Barber -- 2. Medical Evaluation of the Patient with Pain / John J. Bonica and John D. Loeser -- 3. Psychological Evaluation of the Patient with Pain / Joseph Barber -- 4. Hypnotic Analgesia: Psychological and Neural Mechanisms / Donald D. Price -- 5. Hypnotic Analgesia: Clinical Considerations / Joseph Barber -- 6. Cancer Pain / Karen L. Syrjala and Sari Roth-Roemer -- 7. Headache / Joseph Barber -- 8. Dental Pain / Roseann Mulligan -- 9. Painful Medical Procedures / Christel J. Bejenke -- 10. Burn Pain / David R. Patterson -- 11. Children in Pain / Samuel LeBaron and Lonnie K. Zeltzer -- 12. Elders in Pain / Samuel LeBaron and William C. Fowkes -- Afterword: When We Fail / Joseph Barber and Samuel LeBaron.