Pain
January 25, 2022
Rhonda M Williams, Melissa A Day, Dawn M Ehde et al.
Effective, rigorously evaluated nonpharmacological treatments for chronic pain are needed. This study compared the effectiveness of training in hypnosis (HYP) and mindfulness meditation (MM) to an active education control (ED). Veterans (N=328) were randomly assigned to 8 manualized, group-based, in-person sessions of HYP (n = 110), MM (n = 108), or ED (n = 110). Primary (average pain...
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)
February 9, 2021
Melissa A Day, Natasha Matthews, Jason B. Mattingley et al.
OBJECTIVE Psychological treatments for chronic low back pain (CLBP) are effective. However, limited research has investigated their neurophysiological mechanisms. This study examined electroencephalography- (EEG-) assessed brain oscillation changes as potential mechanisms of cognitive therapy (CT), mindfulness-meditation (MM), and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) for CLBP. The a...
Journal of Pain
2019
Melissa A Day, B. Thorn, Dawn M Ehde et al.
This study examined psychosocial pain treatment moderation in a secondary analysis of a trial that compared cognitive therapy (CT), mindfulness-meditation (MM), and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) for chronic low back pain (CLBP). The Limit, Activate and Enhance (LA&E) model of moderation provided a framework for testing a priori hypotheses. Adult participants (N=69) with CLBP...
International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
June 1, 2018
D. Patterson, C. Hoffer, M. Jensen et al.
8 citations
Abstract This pilot study explored the feasibility of using ketamine to increase hypnotizability scores. Ketamine, classified as a dissociative hallucinogen, is used clinically as an anesthetic in high doses and as a treatment for chronic pain and depression in lower doses. Low-dose ketamine can contribute to dissociation and heightened perceptions and feelings of detachment, arguably...