| Abstract: | Comments that the article by Milling, Levine, and Meunier (2003; see record 2003-05896-014) regarding hypnotic analgesia overlooked important relevant research, including at least one study that challenges their conclusions. Milling and colleagues stated that they know of only three studies that compared the pain-reducing effects of cognitivebehavioral interventions with those that added the element of hypnosis. They further pointed out that they must examine whether their findings, "based on the analogue treatment of experimental pain, apply to the treatment of clinical pain" (Milling et al., 2003, p. 412). However, other researchers (Faymonville et al., 1995) have already compared the analgesic effects of a hypnotic and a nonhypnotic relaxation intervention in patients undergoing plastic surgery. The present author further asserts that the work of Faymonville et al., may actually be superior to the work of Milling and colleagues. It is also commented that there have also been other clinical studies in the medical literature and their omission from the article's literature review was "disappointing." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
