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A qualitative study of imaginary pills and open-label placebos in test anxiety [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2023
Background The efficacy of open-label placebos (OLPs) has been increasingly demonstrated and their use holds promise for applications compatible with basic ethical principles.
Sarah Buergler, Dilan Sezer, Alexander Busch, Marlon Enzmann, Berfin Bakis, Cosima Locher, Niels Bagge, Irving Kirsch, Claudia Carvalho, Jens Gaab   +9 more
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Acceptance of Open-Label Placebos Is Linked to Holistic Health Beliefs and Thinking Styles [PDF]

Behavioral Sciences
Open-label placebos (OLPs) have demonstrated benefits across multiple conditions; however, the factors influencing their acceptance or rejection remain unclear.
Arved Seibel, Albert Wabnegger, Anne Schienle   +2 more
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Treating Pain With Open-Label Placebos: A Qualitative Study With Post-Surgical Pain Patients [PDF]

Journal of Pain, 2021
Prior research has shown that Open Label Placebos (OLPs; that is, placebos described honestly as inactive pills) are effective for a variety of clinical conditions, including pain. However, little is known about patient attitudes towards OLPs.
Molly Magill, Michael Bernstein, Charlotte Blease   +2 more
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Reducing Emotional Distress with Open-Label Placebos: Assessing the Role of Motor Engagement in Pill Consumption [PDF]

Behavioral Sciences
It has been posited that ingesting a pill constitutes a pivotal action that facilitates the effects of open-label placebos (OLPs: placebos honestly prescribed).
Anne Schienle, Wolfgang Kogler
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Neural correlates of expected and perceived treatment efficacy concerning open-label placebos for reducing emotional distress

Brain Research Bulletin
Background: Treatment expectations for open-label placebos (OLPs) - placebos prescribed transparently - refer to what a person anticipates will happen as a result of taking the placebo.
Anne Schienle, Albert Wabnegger
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A randomized controlled trial of effects of open-label placebo compared to double-blind placebo and treatment-as-usual on symptoms of allergic rhinitis

Scientific Reports, 2023
Placebo effects are known for numerous clinical symptoms. Until recently, deception of placebos was thought to be essential for placebo effects, but intriguing new studies suggest that even placebos without concealment (open-label placebos) may help ...
Michael Schaefer, Kurt Zimmermann, Paul Enck   +2 more
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Can open label placebos improve pain and gluten tolerance via open label placebos in fibromyalgia patients? A study protocol for a randomised clinical trial in an outpatient centre [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2023
Introduction Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is defined as a medical condition with chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain accompanied by mood disorders, fatigue and sleep disturbances. Treatment of this condition can often be challenging.
Margitta Worm, Regine Klinger, Lena Paschke, Norma Dreyer   +3 more
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Can Observational Learning Reinforce Open-label Placebo Hypoalgesia? [PDF]

Pain, 2023
Previous research has indicated that an open-label placebo can reduce pain in both healthy participants and chronic pain patients. As nondeceptive placebos seem to be an effective and more ethical alternative to deceptive placebos, optimizing this kind of treatment is essential.
Justyna Brączyk, Przemysław Bąbel
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Correction: Providing open-label placebos remotely-A randomized controlled trial in allergic rhinitis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2021
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248367.].
Tobias Kube, Verena E Hofmann, Julia A Glombiewski, Irving Kirsch   +3 more
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The Ethics of Open-Label Placebos in Pediatrics [PDF]

Pediatrics, 2017
* Abbreviation: ADHD — : attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder Physicians have long debated the ethics of prescribing placebos as medical therapeutics. Placebos (sham treatments such as sugar pills or saline injections) are thought to elicit improvements in clinical outcomes by mimicking medical therapies, thereby improving patients ...
Art Caplan
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