Special Procedures: Intravenous Sedative Interviews, Hoover Test, Waddell Tests, and Hypnosis

An interview with the patient under an intravenous (IV) sedative, the Hoover test, Waddell tests, and hypnosis are some of the specialized techniques useful in the consultation-liaison (CL) setting for rapid diagnosis of potential psychological factors affecting a physical condition and for behavioral control of pain and anxiety. This chapter presents an example of an IV sedative interview using lorazepam and describes the procedure in detail, and discusses the Hoover test and the indications, precautions, and procedure of hypnosis in the CL setting.