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Background: Low-dose naltrexone (LDN) may promote psychological well-being as well as generalized health especially in autoimmune disorders. The objective of this study is to assess the effect of LDN on the Quality of Life (QoL) of... more
Background: While many randomised controlled trials have been conducted on multivitamins, to our knowledge no qualitative research exploring the subjective experience of taking a multivitamin during a clinical trial has been reported.... more
The logic of the randomized double-blind placebo control group design is presented, and problems with using the design in psychotherapy are discussed. Placebo effects are estimated by examining clinical trials in medicine and... more
Del mismo modo en que observamos cómo la vía de administración, color, forma y precio del placebo son relevantes al momento de obtener una mayor respuesta terapéutica en los pacientes, estudios recientes muestran como la credibilidad de... more
Is beauty truly in the eye of the beer-holder? A comparison of subjects' perception of personal attractiveness when also under the impression they are inebriated. Comparing results of those genuinely inebriated to those who are placebo... more
OBJECTIVE: Intervention during the pre-psychotic period of illness holds the potential of delaying or even preventing the onset of a full-threshold disorder, or at least of reducing the impact of such a disorder if it does develop. The... more
In this article we explore the ethics of manipulating verbal information for the sake of influencing health-outcomes through placebo and nocebo responses. Recent scientific research on placebo and nocebo effects has drawn attention to the... more
This chapter provides a synthetic overview of the contemporary debate over the ethics of placebos and placebo effects in both clinical and research contexts. Section 1 briefly reconstructs how ethical attitudes toward the use of placebos... more
The physicalistic and mechanistic view of Western biomedicine provides a convenient escape route from explanations of phenomena like the placebo effect, “sham” or “inert” treatments having the faculty to rally the healing process by... more
From Mick Jagger’s feminine strut to the out-of-this-universe style of Ziggy Stardust, rock music of the late 20th Century had a definite fashionable edge to it which denied masculinity and instead teetered on the feminine, embracing an... more
North American naturopathic medicine is a distinct form of practice that is woven into the larger fabric of integrative medicine; in a number of US states and Canadian provinces, naturopathic doctors enjoy a wide scope of practice,... more
Chiesa A, Brambilla P, Serretti A. Functional neural correlates of mindfulness meditations in comparison with psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy and placebo effect. Is there a link?Objective: Mindfulness meditations (MM) are a group of... more
There are passages in Wittgenstein where he compares his method to psychotherapy and one or two where he seems to suggest that the ‘patient’ has the last word on his ‘illness’ and ‘cure’. This paper tries to take these seriously,... more
La pratique architecturale comme écologie projective, thérapeutique et soignante des écoumènes humains (Ethics of Care). Eléments théoriques pour la conception des écoumènes soignants des milieux hospitaliers, in Séminaire « Le goût des... more
Background: Practitioners who enhance how they express empathy and create positive expectations of benefit could improve patient outcomes. However, the evidence in this area has not been recently synthesised. Objective: To estimate the... more