Placebo Economics: A Systematic Review About the Economic Potential of Utilizing the Placebo Effect

Background: Recent research shows that placebo mechanisms can be utilized in ethical and legal ways such as in open-label conditions, when patients know that they receive placebos, and through psychological interventions aiming to optimize patients’ expectations. Showing that placebo interventions a...

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Main Authors: Jens Hamberger, Karin Meissner, Thilo Hinterberger, Thomas Loew, Katja Weimer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00653/full