Today we present 12 new placebo research papers, comments and abstracts identified during November 2018. As usual, they are based on new PUBMED publication using the search terms „placebo“ and „nocebo“ and are hand-selected from more than 545 new publications during the preceding month. Previously published monthly updates can be found in our archive. Todays selection as well as all previously identified papers will also go into our placebo research library that currently contains more than 4,000 relevant papers. If you would like to get access to the full database, please register for our newsletter and provide us with your email address and affiliation.
Antonelli, M., & Donelli, D. (2018).
Reinterpreting homoeopathy in the light of placebo effects to manage patients who seek homoeopathic care: A systematic review. Health Soc Care Community. doi:10.1111/hsc.12681
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30456773
Babel, P., Bajcar, E. A., Marchewka, K., & Sikora, K. (2018).
Placebo Groups in Research on the Effectiveness of ABA Therapeutic Techniques. Front Psychol, 9, 1899. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01899
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30459666
Bajcar, E. A., & Babel, P. (2018).
How Does Observational Learning Produce Placebo Effects? A Model Integrating Research Findings. Front Psychol, 9, 2041. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02041
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30405506
Benedetti, F., Piedimonte, A., & Frisaldi, E. (2018).
How do placebos work? Eur J Psychotraumatol, 9(Suppl 3), 1533370. doi:10.1080/20008198.2018.1533370
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30397427
Bryan, H., & Dubljevic, V. (2017).
To Disclose or Not to Disclose: When Fear of Nocebo Effects Infringes Upon Autonomy. Am J Bioeth, 17(6), 50-52. doi:10.1080/15265161.2017.1314045
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28537821
De Pascalis, V., & Scacchia, P. (2018).
The influence of reward sensitivity, heart rate dynamics and EEG-delta activity on placebo analgesia. Behav Brain Res, 359, 320-332. doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2018.11.014
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30439452
Devlin, E. J., Whitford, H. S., Denson, L. A., & Potter, A. E. (2018).
‘Just as I expected’: A longitudinal cohort study of the impact of response expectancies on side effect experiences during radiotherapy for prostate cancer. J Pain Symptom Manage. doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2018.11.002
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30447387
Fuhr, K., & Werle, D. (2018).
Mental Training for Better Achievement: Effects of Verbal Suggestions and Evaluation (of Effectiveness) on Cognitive Performance. Front Psychiatry, 9, 510. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00510
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30405453
Kingsberg, S., Goldstein, I., Kim, N. N., & Simon, J. A. (2018).
Female Sexual Dysfunction and the Placebo Effect: A Meta-analysis. Obstet Gynecol, 132(6), 1504. doi:10.1097/AOG.0000000000002985
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30461675
Widdershoven, G., Meynen, G., & Metselaar, S. (2017).
Dealing With the Nocebo Effect: Taking Physician-Patient Interaction Seriously. Am J Bioeth, 17(6), 48-50. doi:10.1080/15265161.2017.1314046
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28537824
Wolter, T., & Kleinmann, B. (2018).
Placebo acceptability in chronic pain patients: More dependent on application mode and resulting condition than on individual factors. PLoS One, 13(11), e0206968. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0206968
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30399194
Zilcha-Mano, S., Brown, P. J., Roose, S. P., Cappetta, K., & Rutherford, B. R. (2018).
Optimizing patient expectancy in the pharmacologic treatment of major depressive disorder. Psychol Med, 1-7. doi:10.1017/S0033291718003343
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30420001