Advances in the Use of Hypnosis for Medicine, Dentistry and Pain Prevention/Management - 9781845901202

Thirteen academics, researchers, and practitioners from the U.S. and Canada contribute 12 chapters to a text that evolved from a conference on the frontiers of hypnosis held in Nova Scotia in 2003. The authors are considered expert in the use of hypnosis across a spectrum of settings and applications. Their papers provide clinicians with the most in-depth information available on the biology of hypnosis and the advances in its clinical uses within medicine, dentistry, and pain prevention and management. Topics addressed include mind-body communication; psychosomatic medicine; practical management of pre-op anxiety; validating the use of hypnosis; dealing with pain and anxiety in adults and children; the use of hypnosis in anesthesiology; resolving traumatic and key decision memories in pain treatment; pain, anxiety, and sleep disorders in children and adolescents; and recent research on the use of hypnosis in obstetrics, labor, and delivery. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)