Re:A new hypothesis in medicine: give patients drugs they kn...
by msnower on Sunday June 11, 2017 @11:56AM
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Those seem to back up this quote by the doctor from the article: "What’s going on in the patient’s [mind] is that the rituals of medicine... activates specific quantifiable and relevant brain regions that release these neurotransmitters. And they modulate symptoms."
For minor ailments for which there are no real cure (and are probably entirely psychological) building a new habit covers up the old one and subsequently cures the patient's pain.
Changing Mindsets to Enhance Treatment Effectiveness
JAMA. 2017 May 23;317(20):2063-2064. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.4545.
https://mbl.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/crum_zuckerman_...
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You can train your body into thinking it’s had medicine ( 09 February 2016 )
Jo Marchant asks if we can harness the mind to reduce side-effects and slash drug costs.
https://mosaicscience.com/story/medicine-without-the-medicin...
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The Vodka-Red-Bull Placebo Effect
People take more risks when downing caffeine-and-alcohol cocktails—but only if they know what they’re drinking.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/06/caffeine...
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Howe, L. Goyer, P., & Crum, A. (2017). Harnessing the Placebo Effect: Exploring the Influence of Physician Characteristics on Placebo Response. Health Psychology.
https://mbl.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/howegoyercrum_h...
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Crum, A., Phillips, D., Higgins, T. (2016). Transforming Water: Social Influence Moderates Psychological, Physiological, and Functional Response to a Placebo Product. PLOS One, 11(11).
https://mbl.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/crumetal_transf...
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Crum, A. & Phillips, D. (2015). Self-Fulfilling Prophesies, Placebo Effects, and the Social-Psychological Creation of Reality. In R. Scott and S. Kosslyn (Eds.), Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons.
https://mbl.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/crumphillips_em...