Placebo Publications July 2022

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Today we present 6 new placebo and nocebo research papers, book chapters, comments and abstracts identified during July 2022. As usual, they are based on new PUBMED publication using the search terms „placebo“ and „nocebo“ and are hand-selected from more than 838 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 nearly 5,000 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.

Haile, A., Watts, M., Aichner, S., Stahlberg, F., Hoffmann, V., Tschoep, M. H., & Meissner, K. (2022).
Central correlates of placebo effects in nausea differ between men and women. Brain Behav, 12(8), e2685. doi:10.1002/brb3.2685
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35810479

Karjalainen, T., Heikkinen, J., Busija, L., Jokihaara, J., Lewin, A. M., Naylor, J. M., Harris, L., Harris, I. A., Buchbinder, R. & Adie, S. (2022).
Use of Placebo and Nonoperative Control Groups in Surgical Trials: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Netw Open, 5(7), e2223903. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.23903
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35895060

Meijer, S., van Middendorp, H., Peerdeman, K. J., & Evers, A. W. M. (2022).
Counterconditioning as Treatment to Reduce Nocebo Effects in Persistent Physical Symptoms: Treatment Protocol and Study Design. Front Psychol, 13, 806409. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.806409
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35774946

Mohamadi, S., Ahmadzad-Asl, M., Nejadghaderi, S. A., Jabbarinejad, R., Mirbehbahani, S. H., Sinyor, M., Richter, M. A. & Davoudi, F. (2022).
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Placebo Effect and its Correlates in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Can J Psychiatry, 7067437221115029. doi:10.1177/07067437221115029
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35876317

Rozenkrantz, L., Kube, T., Bernstein, M. H., & Gabrieli, J. D. E. (2022).
How beliefs about coronavirus disease (COVID) influence COVID-like symptoms? – A longitudinal study. Health Psychol, 41(8), 519-526. doi:10.1037/hea0001219
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35849379

Tavel, M. E. (2022).
Nocebo vs Placebo Effects: Their Clinical Relevance. Am J Med. doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2022.06.007
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35820462

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