Brief hypnosis for severe needle phobia using switch‐‐wire imagery in a 5‐year old

• Published in: Pediatric anesthesia Vol. 17; no. 8; pp. 800 - 804
• Main Authors: CYNA, ALLAN M., TOMKINS, DAVID, MADDOCK, TODD, BARKER, DAVID
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2007
• Subjects: analgesia; Child, Preschool; children; communications; Humans; hypnosis; Hypnosis - methods; hypnotherapy; Imagery (Psychotherapy); Infusions, Intravenous - psychology; Male; needle phobia; Phobic Disorders - therapy

Summary We present a case of severe needle phobia in a 5‐year‐old boy who learned to utilize a self‐hypnosis technique to facilitate intravenous (i.v.) cannula placement. He was diagnosed with Bruton’s disease at 5 months of age and required monthly intravenous infusions. The boy had received inhala...