Can psychological expectation models be adapted for placebo research?

Placebo responses contribute substantially to the effect and clinical outcome of medical treatments. Patients’ expectations have been identified as one of the major mechanisms contributing to placebo effects. However, to date a general theoretical framework to better understand how patient expectat...

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Main Authors: Winfried Rief, Keith James Petrie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01876/full