Hypnosis Decreases Presurgical Distress in Excisional Breast Biopsy Patients

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Authors

Julie B. Schnur · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Dana H. Bovbjerg · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Daniel David · Babeș-Bolyai University

Kristin Tatrow · Good Shepherd Rehabilitation

Alisan B. Goldfarb

Jeffrey H. Silverstein

Christina Weltz

Guy H. Montgomery · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Abstract

The study results indicate that a brief presurgery hypnosis intervention can be an effective means of controlling presurgical distress in women awaiting diagnostic breast cancer surgery.

Topics & Keywords

Pain Management and Placebo Effect Music Therapy and Health Empathy and Medical Education

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: Anesthesia & Analgesia

Volume 106, Issue 2, pp. 440-444

DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e31815edb13

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