Our understanding of the mechanisms mediating or moderating the placebo response to
medicines has grown substantially over the past decade and offers the opportunity to …

The placebo effect has often been considered a nuisance in basic and particularly clinical
research. This view has gradually changed in recent years due to deeper insight into the …

OBJECTIVE: Administration of placebo can result in a clinical response indistinguishable
from that seen with active antidepressant treatment. Functional brain correlates of this …

Placebo effects in clinical trials have sparked an interest in the placebo phenomenon, both
in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and in experimental gastroenterology. RCTs have …

Of more than 155,000 PubMed citations found with the search term “placebo,” only~ 9,000
(5.8%) included the terms “children” or “adolescents.” When all these papers were screened …

Locus of control is demonstrated as being an important individual belief for counselors to
consider in their work. Western cultural bias that has influenced the research with locus of …

Objectives: To determine the perceived difficulty in dealing with consequences of spinal cord
injury (SCI) and to explore patterns of how these complications are perceived. Design …

Background Depression is common in primary care and it is associated with marked
personal, social and economic morbidity, and creates significant demands on service …

Background Depression is common in primary care and is associated with marked personal,
social and economic morbidity, thus creating significant demands on service providers. The …

Background and aims: Despite occasional positive reports on the efficacy of acupuncture
(AC) on functions of the gastrointestinal tract, there is no conclusive evidence that AC is …