Classical conditioning without verbal suggestions elicits placebo analgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia. [PDF]
The aim of this study was to examine the relationships among classical conditioning, expectancy, and fear in placebo analgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia. A total of 42 healthy volunteers were randomly assigned to three groups: placebo, nocebo, and control.
Przemysław Bąbel +6 more
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Long-Term Effects of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Hypnotherapy in Patients with Severe Endometriosis - a Retrospective Evaluation [PDF]
Background: 15% of patients with severe endometriosis suffer from pain symptoms in spite of pharmacological and surgical treatments. In this retrospective study we aimed to assess the effectiveness of a combined therapy of Traditional Chinese medicine ...
Böhling, Barbara +2 more
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How does observational learning produce placebo effects? : a model integrating research findings [PDF]
There is a growing body of evidence proving that observational learning, in addition to classical conditioning and verbal suggestions, may induce both placebo analgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia.
Bajcar, Elżbieta, Bąbel, Przemysław
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. Introduction:. Placebo and nocebo effects in pain are well documented. One leading explanation is that instructions indicating that pain will either increase or decrease after receipt of a treatment give rise to expectations for increased or decreased ...
Matthew James Coleshill +2 more
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Nocebo Effect in Randomized Clinical Trials of Antidepressants in Children and Adolescents: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [PDF]
Objective:: To compare the incidence of adverse events between active and placebo arms of randomized clinical trials in depressive children and adolescents (C&A) with antidepressant treatments, in order to look for similarities in both groups that allow ...
Becerra, Lino +7 more
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Nocebo effect, originally denoting the negative counterpart of the placebo phenomenon, is now better defined as the occurrence of adverse effects to a therapeutic intervention because the patient expects them to develop. More commonly encountered in patients with a past negative experience, this effect stems from highly active processes in the central ...
Sidharth, Sonthalia +7 more
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Information About the Optimism of a Placebo/Nocebo Provider and Placebo/Nocebo Side Effects
BackgroundResearch has demonstrated that personality characteristics, such as optimism are associated with placebo/nocebo responding. The present study investigated whether written information about the optimism of a placebo/nocebo provider can influence
Carina Schlintl, Anne Schienle
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The effect of the type and colour of placebo stimuli on placebo effects induced by observational learning [PDF]
Research shows that placebo analgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia can be induced through observational learning. Our aim was to replicate and extend these results by studying the influence of the type and colour of stimuli used as placebos on the placebo ...
Bąbel, Przemysław, Świder, Karolina
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Nonadherence to statins:individualized intervention strategies outside the pill box [PDF]
Poor adherence to statin therapy is linked to significantly increased risk of cardiovascular events and death. Unfortunately, adherence to statins is far from optimal.
Lansberg, Peter +4 more
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Exposing the evidence gap for complementary and alternative medicine to be integrated into science-based medicine. [PDF]
When people who advocate integrating conventional science-based medicine with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) are confronted with the lack of evidence to support CAM they counter by calling for more research, diverting attention to the ...
Hopayian, K, Power, M.
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