Dr. David Spiegel
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You've got to share your dorsolateral prefrontal cortex with them a little bit.
But yes, absolutely, children can be very hypnotizable.
And I know pediatricians who use it wonderfully all the time.
They get them to focus on something else.
Good dentists can use it to help kids with fear and pain.
So yes, it can be very effective for children.
We did a randomized trial.
I have a publication in Pediatrics.
And the paper was children having to undergo avoiding cystourethrograms.
So I would meet with them and the mother the week before.
We find out from the kids where they like to be.
And I'd say, you're going to play a trick on your doctors.
Your body's there.
You're somewhere else.
Go visit your friend.
Go to Disneyland.
Do something else.
And the mother would work on this with me at the head of the table.
And we found that these children were much easier to image 17 minutes shorter procedures.
And that's a long 17 minutes for a little kid.