The benefits of pursuing interests in art, music or other hobbies are well known. Pain will be more difficult to control if patients are bored or feel isolated. Hypnosis-Hypnosis may be of value in the treatment of cancer-related pain and in some patients with phantom limb pain. Successful hypnosis requires that the patient has good hypnotic susceptibility, is willing to undergo hypnosis and has confidence in the therapist. Various strategies of hypnotic suggestion are used including a hallucination of anaesthesia, sensory substitution, pain displacement and disassociation. Cognitive therapy-Teaching basic coping skills and therapy directed at thought and affect control can help patients with crises and pain control. Psychotherapy-Patients with anxiety or depression may be helped with anxiolytic or antidepressant medications. A few will need formal psychotherapy which should be of short duration and focused on cognitive re-structuring and coping skills.*78\55\2*
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PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF PAIN CONTROL: PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES-DISTRACTION, HYPNOSIS, COGNITIVE THERAPY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY
Posted: June 12th, 2011 under Pain Relief-Muscle Relaxers.
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