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Hypnotic Intervention for PainManagement in a Child With Sickle Cell Anemia
Mehmet Yücel Agargun, M.D., Ahmed F.Öner, M.D., Sinan Akbayram, M.D.
Multiple intervention approaches to helping children to cope with acute of procedure-related pain have been suggested; however, not all interventions are efficacious for all children, and determining which interventions are appropriate for which children can be difficult. Behavioral treatment approaches such as desensitization, positive reinforcement, relaxation, and cognitive approaches such as memory change, positive self-statements and thought stopping are effective in treatment of pain in child population. Cognitive-behavioral treatment techniques such as distraction, modeling and rehearsal have also been found to be efficacious for helping children to cope with acute pain (1). Hypnosis has been shown in a few controlled studies to reduce the distress of children with cancer undergoing a variety of stressful procedures and chemotherapy (2). We presented the efficacy of hypnotic intervention for helping a child with sickle cell anemia to cope acute pain.
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