Hypnotists - add a new dimension to your career and grow your practice!
Or, just help yourself and loved ones find greater comfort.
Learn how to help improve the quality of life with techniques that hypnotists use to work effectively with pain management.
2020 dates: To Be Determined
Please note: the recommended reading is ideally completed prior to the start of this course.
For questions, contact Shawn at 416 255 8333
or email: shawn (at) childbirthjoy (dot) com
Pain Statistics
Annual Cost (billions): $56-60 in Canada, $560-$635 in U.S.
Chronic Pain Incidence (adults): 20% of Canadians and 100 million+ Americans
Post Surgical: 50% have moderate to severe pain long after
ER Visits: 78% of visits are for pain
Drug Outcome: ↑ every year; 15,000+ deaths in U.S. (2008)
Suicide Risk: chronic pain sufferers have a doubled risk
Pain Management Training: Veterinarians receive five times more than MDs
Source: CanadianPainSociety.ca and PainMed.org
Nondrug measures such as hypnosis “can
restore and maintain quality of life in patients with
acute or cancer pain as well as [conditions such as]
HIV/AIDS, diabetes with neuropathy, headache,
and severe arthritis.”
Source: American Academy of Pain Medicine
John Oliver video on the topic of BigPharma's Marketing to Doctors...
In the news...
RESEARCH
The Efficacy, Safety and Applications of Medical Hypnosis, Winifried Hauser et al
Literature review of the evidence-base for the effectiveness of hypnotherapy, Eileen Davis
PAIN
Interview with Dr. Siegel
Hypnotherapy for the management of chronic pain
Hypnosis for the relief and control of pain
Hypnosis Reduces Distress and Duration of an Invasive Medical Procedure for Children
Dentists turn to hypnosis as alternate to anesthesia
Brain imaging studies investigate pain reduction by hypnosis
SURGERY
The Mind Prepared: Hypnosis in surgery
Adjunctive non-pharmacological analgesia for invasive medical procedures: a randomised trial
Self-hypnotic relaxation during interventional radiological procedures: effects on pain perception and intravenous drug use
A randomized clinical trial of a brief hypnosis intervention to control side effects in breast surgery patients
15 Minute Medical Hypnosis Session Results in 53.1% Decrease In Pain Intensity for Cancer Surgery Patients
Hypnosis: The new anesthetic
Surgery under hypnosis
BBC Video (1 hr, 41 min) - Surgery with hypnosis (please note: there are graphic sections, including dental)
Man hypnotises himself before operation
Hypnosis used in cancer operations
PHARMACEUTICALS
Sedatives result in poorer surgical outcomes
Peter Gotzsche, founder of the Cochrane Collaboration, talks about dangers of prescription drugs
Dementia 'linked' to common over-the-counter drugs
Ben Goldacre: What doctors don't know about the drugs they prescribe a TEDMED video, 2012
Dr. David Healy reviews Bad Pharma
Dr. Peter Breggin's Medication Madness - one of many books he has written on the topic
Big Pharma Plays Hide-The-Ball With Data
PLACEBO/NOCEBO
The Amazing Power of the Placebo
The Nocebo Effect: How we worry ourselves sick
Ben Goldacre: Placebo, first of two
Ben Goldacre: Placebo, second of two
THE POWER OF LAUGHTER
Normal Cousins: A Laughter/Pain Case Study
The above are interesting articles and some research. This list will be amended over time
and does not attempt to be conclusive nor exhaustive.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments.
Thank you for your interest.
Shawn Gallagher
www.shawngallagher.com
416 255 8333
The Efficacy, Safety and Applications of Medical Hypnosis, Winifried Hauser et al
Literature review of the evidence-base for the effectiveness of hypnotherapy, Eileen Davis
PAIN
Interview with Dr. Siegel
Hypnotherapy for the management of chronic pain
Hypnosis for the relief and control of pain
Hypnosis Reduces Distress and Duration of an Invasive Medical Procedure for Children
Dentists turn to hypnosis as alternate to anesthesia
Brain imaging studies investigate pain reduction by hypnosis
SURGERY
The Mind Prepared: Hypnosis in surgery
Adjunctive non-pharmacological analgesia for invasive medical procedures: a randomised trial
Self-hypnotic relaxation during interventional radiological procedures: effects on pain perception and intravenous drug use
A randomized clinical trial of a brief hypnosis intervention to control side effects in breast surgery patients
15 Minute Medical Hypnosis Session Results in 53.1% Decrease In Pain Intensity for Cancer Surgery Patients
Hypnosis: The new anesthetic
Surgery under hypnosis
BBC Video (1 hr, 41 min) - Surgery with hypnosis (please note: there are graphic sections, including dental)
Man hypnotises himself before operation
Hypnosis used in cancer operations
PHARMACEUTICALS
Sedatives result in poorer surgical outcomes
Peter Gotzsche, founder of the Cochrane Collaboration, talks about dangers of prescription drugs
Dementia 'linked' to common over-the-counter drugs
Ben Goldacre: What doctors don't know about the drugs they prescribe a TEDMED video, 2012
Dr. David Healy reviews Bad Pharma
Dr. Peter Breggin's Medication Madness - one of many books he has written on the topic
Big Pharma Plays Hide-The-Ball With Data
PLACEBO/NOCEBO
The Amazing Power of the Placebo
The Nocebo Effect: How we worry ourselves sick
Ben Goldacre: Placebo, first of two
Ben Goldacre: Placebo, second of two
THE POWER OF LAUGHTER
Normal Cousins: A Laughter/Pain Case Study
The above are interesting articles and some research. This list will be amended over time
and does not attempt to be conclusive nor exhaustive.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments.
Thank you for your interest.
Shawn Gallagher
www.shawngallagher.com
416 255 8333
