Hypnotic Analgesia

In this clip (7 of 9), Dr. David Spiegel discusses studies on hypnosis by his team and others in adult and pediatric patients to control pain and some associated symptoms such as anxiety and distress.
This clip is part of the lecture “Tranceformation: Hypnosis in Brain and Body,” by David Spiegel, M.D., Willson Professor and associate chair of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine.
This lecture, given at the NIH in March 2015 as part of NCCIH’s Integrative Medicine Research Lecture Series, is included in NCCIH’s Online Continuing Education Series. Free CME/CEU credit is available to health professionals (see nccih.nih.gov/t....