Optimizing Expectations via Mobile Apps: A New Approach for Examining and Enhancing Placebo Effects
There is growing interest in interventions that enhance placebo responses in clinical practice, given the possibility that this would lead to better patient health and more effective therapy outcomes. Previous studies suggest that placebo effects can be maximized by optimizing patients’ outcome expe...
| Published in: | Frontiers in Psychiatry |
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| Main Authors: | Piotr Gruszka, Christoph Burger, Mark P. Jensen |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2019-05-01
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00365/full |
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