It is commonly believed that blinding to treatment assignment is necessary for placebos to have an effect. However, placebos administered without concealment (i.e., open-label placebos [OLP]) have recently been shown to be effective in some conditions ...
A. Lembo+12 more
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Do antidepressants cure or create abnormal brain states? [PDF]
Moncrieff and Cohen argue that psychotropic drugs create abnormal states that may co-incidentally relieve symptoms of mental ...
Beasley+55 more
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Placebo effects have traditionally involved concealment or deception. However, recent evidence suggests that placebo effects can also be elicited when prescribed transparently as "open-label placebos" (OLP), and that the pairing of an unconditioned ...
K. Flowers+9 more
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Treatments for spasticity and pain in multiple sclerosis: a systematic review [PDF]
Objectives: To identify the drug treatments currently available for the management of spasticity and pain in multiple sclerosis (MS), and to evaluate their clinical and cost-effectiveness.
Beard, S.M., Hunn, A., Wight, J.
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Alternative psychotherapies: Conceptual elucidation and epidemiological framework [PDF]
This article elucidates and defines alternative psychotherapies, as well as describes the variables that explain why some professional psychologists are prone to endorse these practices.
Adrián-Ventura, Jesús, Fasce, Angelo
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Psychological determinants of whole-body endurance performance [PDF]
Background: No literature reviews have systematically identified and evaluated research on the psychological determinants of endurance performance, and sport psychology performance-enhancement guidelines for endurance sports are not founded on a ...
A Bandura+106 more
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Effects of study design and allocation on participant behaviour-ESDA: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Background: What study participants think about the nature of a study has been hypothesised to affect subsequent behaviour and to potentially bias study findings.
AJ de Craen+24 more
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Design, formulation and sensory evaluation of a polyphenol-rich food placebo: an example of aronia juice for food intervention studies [PDF]
Products suitable for use as controls in food interventions designed to demonstrate the role of minor components are largely lacking. In the present study, we aimed to develop a formulation to be used as a placebo in a clinical trial designed to assess ...
Aleksandra Konic Ristic+16 more
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Open-Label Placebo Effects on Psychological and Physical Well-Being: A Conceptual Replication Study
[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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Pharmacological Management of Lewy Body Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: The authors examined research on effects, costs, and patient and caregiver views of pharmacological management strategies for Lewy body dementia.
Cambridge, Victoria+9 more
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