[Ericksonian hypnosis and mindfulness meditation: Towards a behavioral medicine in nephrology].

Psychological disorders in chronic kidney disease resemble post-traumatic stress disorder and require ongoing personal adjustment. Ericksonian hypnosis, mindfulness meditation, and compassion meditation are proposed as behavioral medicine tools to prevent depression and manage stress, pain, and emotions such as anger, guilt, and shame in patients, their family caregivers, and healthcare workers. This report describes how these three practices could support all three groups.

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Abstract

The utilization of behavioral medicine, like Ericksonian hypnosis and mindfulness meditation, in the patient care is increasing. Psychological disorders associated with chronic renal failure are similar to the post-traumatic stress disorder and need a continuous personnel adjustment. Preventing depression, managing stress, pain and emotions, like anger, guiltiness and shame, is of importance in individual who suffer of chronic kidney disease, but also in their family caregivers and in health-care workers. The objective of this report is to describe how Ericksonian hypnosis, mindfulness meditation and compassion meditation could support chronic kidney disease patients, their caregivers and the health-care professional.