This recently published review paper takes a look at both acute and chronic pain, comparing approaches used in adults with approaches to paediatric patients.
Improving paediatric pain relief with hypnosis
The 4 mind-body techniques they considered were hypnosis, acupuncture, yoga and mindfulness. All have been used for adults and each has proven to be of some benefit in many clinical situations.
As they commented, hypnosis has been used in adults in both acute medical situations such as trauma, childbirth and post operative pain and chronic conditions such as cancer. Even in very acute situations with trauma patients, professional hypnotherapists are able to produce a light trance and use suggestion to help control their pain.
Using hypnotherapy has been shown to reduce the amount of opiates required, which reduces the unwanted side effects. However it is not widely used in a paediatric setting as yet and they recommend it should be.
Improving paediatric pain relief using hypnotherapy
Using the Childrens hypnotic susceptibility scale and the Stanford hypnotic scale for children highlights the children most likely to benefit from hypnotherapy and obtain pain relief with reduced doses of opiates.
So it is clear that for a relatively small cost pain control in children can be significantly improved with hypnotherapy. Although of course using it in this setting will require detailed training and assessment for practitioners for the best chance of success.
from UK Hypnotherapy Directory
http://www.ukhypnotherapydirectory.com/a-mind-body-approach-to-paediatric-pain-management/
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