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It is stressful for both clinicians and patients when the patients are put in an extremely apprehensive state. Our research for combining both acupuncture and hypnosis has revealed that synergy does exist in both, and that hypnosis does augment the effect of acupuncture, resulting in better treatment outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>Since many acupuncture patients who are needle phobic do not return for further treatment even though acupuncture has rendered good therapeutic results for them, stress reduction with hypnosis is, therefore, a welcome complimentary adjunct that would enable them to return for further needed acupuncture treatment if and when the factor of fear of the needle is removed.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3727\/036012999816356282","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,11,3]],"date-time":"2015-11-03T00:29:30Z","timestamp":1446510570000},"page":"189-201","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":9,"title":["CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF NEEDLE-PHOBIA PATIENTS REQUIRING ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"24","author":[{"given":"Dominic P.","family":"Lu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Pennsylvania; Director of Dental Residency Program and Research, Lehigh Valley Hospital, PA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gabriel P.","family":"Lu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Director of Acupuncture Clinie, Montifiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[1999,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_1_2_1","first-page":"593","article-title":"Phobia: Conquering fear with trust","volume":"19","year":"1989","unstructured":"1. 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