Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effects of supportive-expressive group therapy on pain in women with metastatic breast cancer.
To examine whether a group intervention including hypnosis can reduce cancer pain and trait hypnotizability would moderate these effects. ⋯ These results augment the growing literature supporting the use of hypnosis as an adjunctive treatment for medical patients experiencing pain.
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To examine the association of parent behavior with infant distress during a potentially painful medical procedure. A second aim was to investigate the association of parent chronic pain and psychological problems with parent behavior and infant distress during the procedure. ⋯ Parent behavior rather than psychological traits is related to increased venipuncture distress in young infants. This finding suggests that the focus should be on interventions based on behavior modification.