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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 +9 more
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Effects of placebos without deception compared with no treatment: A systematic review and meta‐analysis [PDF]
Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2017 Aim Our aim was to address the clinical efficacy of open-label placebos compared with no treatment by systematic review, and meta-analysis where possible.
James E G Charlesworth +2 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 ...
Brit, Trogen +2 more
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Open-Label Placebo Effects on Psychological and Physical Well-Being: A Conceptual Replication Study [PDF]
Clinical Psychology in Europe, 2022 [Background] Contrary to traditional placebos, open-label placebos (OLP) abstain from deception, i.e., participants are openly informed to receive an inert substance. Studies in clinical and healthy samples evidence the efficacy of OLPs.
Anne-Kathrin Bräscher +2 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2021 Introduction: Open-label placebos have been proposed as way of using long recognized analgesic placebo effects in an ethical manner. Recent evidence shows efficacy of open-label placebos for clinical conditions, but there is need for more research on ...
Dilan Sezer +10 more
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Open-Label Placebo Trial among Japanese Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain [PDF]
Pain Research and Management, 2020 Background. The aim of this study was to confirm the effectiveness of open-label placebo (OLP) in Japanese patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP), similar to previous reports, and to investigate its short- and medium-term effects in this study population. Methods. Fifty-two patients with CLBP were randomized into a treatment as usual (TAU) group (n
Tatsunori Ikemoto +6 more
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PLoS ONE, 2022 Open-label (honestly prescribed) placebos are an ethical way to evoke placebo effects in patients. As part of a mixed-methods study, we conducted in-depth interviews with eight menopausal women who underwent and benefitted from open-label placebo ...
Yiqi Pan +3 more
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Neural underpinnings of open-label placebo effects in emotional distress
Neuropsychopharmacology, 2022 AbstractWhile placebo effects are well-known, research in the last decade revealed intriguing effects that placebos may have beneficial effects even when given without deception. At first glance, this seems paradoxical, but several studies have reported improvements in pain, depression, or anxiety.
Michael Schaefer +4 more
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Effects of Open-Label Placebos on Visual Food Cue Reactivity in Children and Adolescents [PDF]
ChildrenBackground: A high level of food cue reactivity (FCR) is a risk factor for overeating and weight gain. This randomized trial investigated whether open-label placebos (OLPs: placebos honestly administered) can reduce FCR (reported appetite) in children ...
Anne Schienle +4 more
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Open label placebo: can honestly prescribed placebos evoke meaningful therapeutic benefits?
BMJ, 2018 Results from small clinical trials suggesting that placebos can be ethically and effectively used in clinical practice warrant further study, argue Ted Kaptchuk and Franklin ...
Ted J, Kaptchuk, Franklin G, Miller
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