Who benefits most from expectancy effects? A combined neuroimaging and antidepressant trial in depressed older adults

Abstract Depressed patients’ expectations of improvement drive placebo effects in antidepressant clinical trials, yet there is considerable heterogeneity in the magnitude of expectancy effects. The present study seeks to identify those individuals who benefit most from expectancy effects using basel...

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Main Authors: Sigal Zilcha-Mano, Meredith L. Wallace, Patrick J. Brown, Joel Sneed, Steven P. Roose, Bret R. Rutherford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Translational Psychiatry
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-021-01606-1