Introduction: There is increasing interest in the potential for psychedelic drugs such as
psilocybin, LSD and ketamine to treat several mental health disorders, with a growing …

Placebo response theory and set and setting theory are two fields which examine how non-
biological factors shape the response to therapy. Both consider factors such as expectancy …

In medicine, patients can obtain real benefits from a sham treatment. These benefits are
known as the placebo effect. We report two experiments (Experiment I: N= 369; Experiment …

In Gut Feminism Elizabeth A. Wilson urges feminists to rethink their resistance to biological
and pharmaceutical data. Turning her attention to the gut and depression, she asks what …

Despite their ubiquitous presence, placebos and placebo effects retain an ambiguous and
unsettling presence in biomedicine. Specifically focused on chronic pain, this review …

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 …

In making treatment decisions, doctors and patients must take into account relevant
randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and systematic reviews. Relevance depends on …

Background Throughout history, doctor-patient relationships have been acknowledged as
having an important therapeutic effect, irrespective of any prescribed drug or treatment. We …

Objective To investigate whether placebo effects can experimentally be separated into the
response to three components—assessment and observation, a therapeutic ritual (placebo …

Placebos are indispensable controls in randomized clinical trials (RCTs), and placebo
responses significantly contribute to routine clinical outcomes. Recent neurophysiological …