Rethinking placebo in psychiatry: How and why placebo effects occur

Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 171-180

  McQueen, Daniel ^a   Cohen, Sarah ^a   John Smith, Paul St ^a   Rampes, Hagen ^b,c  

^a ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADAPTATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONDITIONING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG RESPONSE; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPECTATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; ONTOGENY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY; PHYLOGENY; PLACEBO EFFECT; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STRESS; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE REPAIR; TRANSFERENCE;

EID: 84877263275     PISSN: 13555146     EISSN: 14721481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/apt.bp.112.010405     Document Type: Article

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