Placebo Effects: Understanding the mechanisms in health and disease

Synopsis

This Work Critically Reviews The Mechanisms Of Placebo Effects Across All Medical Conditions, Diseases, And Therapies. Exhaustive In Its Coverage, And Written By A World Authority In The Field, It Is The Definitive Text On The Placebo Effect, And Essential For Researchers And Clinicians In All Medical Specialities. General Concepts And Mechanisms. The Traditional Concepts Of Placebo -- A Modern View Of Placebo And Placebo-related Effects -- Placing Placebo Effects Within The Context Of The Doctor-patient Relationship -- Disease-based Classification Of Placebo Effects : Most Studied Conditions. Pain -- Diseases Of The Nervous System -- Mental And Behavioral Disorders -- Immune And Endocrine Systems -- Disease-based Classification Of Placebo Effects : Less-studied Conditions. Cardiovascular And Respiratory Systems -- Gastrointestinal And Genitourinary Disorders. Special Medical Conditions And Therapeutic Interventions -- Clinical, Ethical, And Methodological Considerations. Clinical-ethical Implications And Applications -- How To Run A Placebo Study : A Closer Look Into Complex Experimental Designs -- Beyond The Healing Context. Physical And Cognitive Performance -- Halo Effects. Fabrizio Benedetti. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.