News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on In depression treatment trials, placebo effect is growing stronger. Parent comment

Re:In depression treatment trials, placebo effect is growing... by selfhoster11 on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @04:16AM (#37671665)
A headache often has an underlying cause, and the placebo effect will not heal that.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:In depression treatment trials, placebo effect is growing... by nico on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @10:25AM (#37675124)
Neither will Tylenol heal it, so what’s the difference?

Both have the same exact effect, which is what is controlled for in double blind studies

[ Parent | on HN ]