Placebo Effects of Open-label Verbal Suggestions on Itch

Placebo effects are positive outcomes that are not due to active treatment components, which may be elicited even when patients are aware of receiving an inert substance (open-label). This proof-of-principle study investigated for the first time whether open-label placebo effects on itch can be indu...

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Main Authors: Stefanie H. Meeuwis, Henriët van Middendorp, Dieuwke S. Veldhuijzen, Antoinette I.M. van Laarhoven, Jan De Houwer, Adriana P.M. Lavrijsen, Andrea W.M. Evers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Publication of Acta Dermato-Venereologica 2017-11-01
Series:Acta Dermato-Venereologica
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Online Access: https://www.medicaljournals.se/acta/content/html/10.2340/00015555-2823