Hypnosis Decreases Presurgical Distress in Excisional Breast Biopsy Patients | Zendy

Julie B. Schnur | Zendy; Dana H. Bovbjerg | Zendy; Daniel David | Zendy; Kristin Tatrow | Zendy; Alisan B. Goldfarb | Zendy; Jeffrey H. Silverstein | Zendy; Christina Weltz | Zendy; Guy H. Montgomery | Zendy

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Hypnosis Decreases Presurgical Distress in Excisional Breast Biopsy Patients

Author(s) -

Julie B. Schnur,

Dana H. Bovbjerg,

Daniel David,

Kristin Tatrow,

Alisan B. Goldfarb,

Jeffrey H. Silverstein,

Christina Weltz,

Guy H. Montgomery

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

anesthesia and analgesia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404

H-Index - 201

eISSN - 1526-7598

pISSN - 0003-2999

DOI - 10.1213/ane.0b013e31815edb13

Subject(s) - medicine , breast biopsy , hypnosis , profile of mood states , breast cancer , anxiety , distress , mood , biopsy , breast surgery , physical therapy , cancer , psychiatry , clinical psychology , mammography , pathology , alternative medicine

Excisional breast biopsy is associated with presurgical psychological distress. Such distress is emotionally taxing, and may have negative implications for postsurgical side effects and satisfaction with anesthesia. We investigated the ability of a brief hypnosis session to reduce presurgical psychological distress in excisional breast biopsy patients.

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