The placebo effect in pain therapies

L Colloca - Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Pharmacological strategies for pain management have primarily focused on dampening
ascending neurotransmission and on opioid receptor–mediated therapies. Little is known …

Placebo and the new physiology of the doctor-patient relationship

F Benedetti - Physiological reviews, 2013 - journals.physiology.org
Modern medicine has progressed in parallel with the advancement of biochemistry,
anatomy, and physiology. By using the tools of modern medicine, the physician today can …

The alliance in mental health care: conceptualization, evidence and clinical applications

BE Wampold, C Flückiger - World Psychiatry, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of alliance reflects the collaborative relationship between a clinician and a
patient, defined as consisting of three elements: a) the agreement on the goals of treatment; …

[BUCH][B] The secret of our success: How culture is driving human evolution, domesticating our species, and making us smarter

J Henrich - 2016 - degruyter.com
Humans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the
wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, like obtaining food, building shelters …

Enhance placebo, avoid nocebo: How contextual factors affect physiotherapy outcomes

M Testa, G Rossettini - Manual therapy, 2016 - Elsevier
Introduction Placebo and nocebo represent complex and distinct psychoneurobiological
phenomena in which behavioural and neurophysiological modifications occur together with …

[BUCH][B] Placebo effects

F Benedetti - 2020 - books.google.com
Two of the most widely used terms in medicine are'placebo'and placebo effect, even though
it is not always clear what exactly they mean. Recent progress in biomedical research has …

Biological, clinical, and ethical advances of placebo effects

DG Finniss, TJ Kaptchuk, F Miller, F Benedetti - The Lancet, 2010 - thelancet.com
For many years, placebos have been defined by their inert content and their use as controls
in clinical trials and treatments in clinical practice. Recent research shows that placebo …

Acupuncture for the prevention of episodic migraine

K Linde, G Allais, B Brinkhaus, Y Fei… - Cochrane Database …, 2016 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Acupuncture is often used for migraine prevention but its effectiveness is still
controversial. We present an update of our Cochrane review from 2009. Objectives To …

Getting the pain you expect: mechanisms of placebo, nocebo and reappraisal effects in humans

I Tracey - Nature medicine, 2010 - nature.com
The perception of pain is subject to powerful influences. Understanding how these are
mediated at a neuroanatomical and neurobiological level provides us with valuable …

How placebos change the patient's brain

F Benedetti, E Carlino, A Pollo - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2011 - nature.com
Although placebos have long been considered a nuisance in clinical research, today they
represent an active and productive field of research and, because of the involvement of …