Placebo: Unsolved problems for science, and simple conclusions for clinical practice

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 91-92

  Linden, Michael ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ANXIETY; CONFUSION (UNCERTAINTY); DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; EDITORIAL; ETHICS; EXPECTANCY; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; NOCEBO EFFECT; OPTIMISM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PLACEBO EFFECT; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85011590951     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.16101181     Document Type: Editorial

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