Entonox as a Psychotherapeutic Aid

Gratitude as a psychotherapeutic intervention.

Gratitude practice can be a catalyzing and relational healing force, often untapped in clinical practice. In this article, we provide an overview of current thinking about gratitude's defining and beneficial properties, followed by a brief review of the research on mental health outcomes that result from gratitude practice. Following an analysis of our case study of the use of gratitude as a ps...

Entonox as an analgesic agent during panretinal photocoagulation.

BACKGROUND/AIMS Panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) reduces the risk of visual loss in proliferative diabetic retinopathy but some patients cannot tolerate PRP because of pain. Inhaled Entonox was evaluated as an analgesic during PRP. METHODS A randomised, crossover, double masked pilot study was performed. Patients inhaled either air or Entonox and half the PRP was applied. The treatment was c...

AYURVEDIC MEDICINAL PLANTS AS PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS-A REVIEW Sharma

During the last decade herbal drugs has been gaining growing popularity throughout the world. According to world federation for mental health, the mental and neurological disorders affect more than 450 million people around the world. Modern science is trying to control this problem but in most cases it has become unsuccessful. Under such conditions herbal drugs can produce beneficial effects. ...

The Effect ofAbbreviation as a Note- taking Aid On The Reproduction/Reconstruction of Class Lectures

Entonox® analgesia for IUD insertions and removals.

We intend to begin offering Entonox (a medical anaesthetic gas comprising 50% nitrous oxide and 50% oxygen) as an analgesic choice for women attending for intrauterine device (IUD) fittings or difficult removals in our community contraception clinics. Entonox is already used for short-term pain relief in the community by district nurses and midwives, and in the hospital emergency and obstetric ...