Journal of general internal medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Randomized Controlled Trial of Brief Mindfulness Training and Hypnotic Suggestion for Acute Pain Relief in the Hospital Setting.
Medical management of acute pain among hospital inpatients may be enhanced by mind-body interventions. ⋯ Brief, single-session mind-body interventions delivered by hospital social workers led to clinically significant improvements in pain and related outcomes, suggesting that such interventions may be useful adjuncts to medical pain management.