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The Placebo Effect in Clinical Practice (Hardcover)
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The Placebo Effect in Clinical Practice (Hardcover)
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The role that placebos play in many treatments is clear: they not
only play a complimentary role in various treatment options but
they can sometimes be the only beneficial option for treatment.
Brain imaging studies over the past decade have shown that
placebo-treated patients undergo some of the same changes in brain
activity as those treated with pharmacologically active substances.
Yet this important component of healing is not yet harnessed in
clinical settings. The Placebo Effect in Clinical Practice brings
together what we know about the mechanisms behind the placebo
response, as well as the procedures that promote these responses,
in order to provide a focused and concise overview on how current
knowledge can be applied in treatment settings. An introductory
chapter documents the ubiquity and extent of the placebo response
and discusses the history of the placebo response in relation to
medical treatment. Several subsequent chapters focus on how
placebos work and how the placebo effect can be enhanced.
Expectation, conditioning and elements of the treatment situation
are covered in separate chapters. The relationship between
psychotherapy and placebo treatment is covered as is the ethics of
deliberate use of the placebo effect. Because placebo effects are
particularly prominent in some psychiatric conditions, particular
attention is given to the role of the placebo response in
psychiatric treatment. The final chapter summarizes what we
currently know and offers concrete suggestions for how what we know
of the placebo effect can be used to enhance the benefit of all
treatments.
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