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| Luana CollocaSummaryAffiliation: National Institutes of Health Country: USA Publications
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Role of expectations in healthLuana Colloca
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine NCCAM, National Institutes of Health, USA
Curr Opin Psychiatry 24:149-55. 2011..We selected recent laboratory and clinical studies in the field of the placebo effect, with a particular focus on psychiatric disorders...
How placebo responses are formed: a learning perspectiveLuana Colloca
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine NCCAM, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 366:1859-69. 2011..Conceptualizing the placebo effect in terms of learning offers the opportunity for facilitating scientific investigation with a significant impact on medical care...
Harnessing the placebo effect: the need for translational researchLuana Colloca
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine NCCAM, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 366:1922-30. 2011..We suggest some strategies for how, when and why interventions to promote beneficial placebo responses might be administered in the clinical setting...
The nocebo effect and its relevance for clinical practiceLuana Colloca
Department of Bioethics, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bldg 10, Room 1C118, Bethesda, MD 20892 1156, USA
Psychosom Med 73:598-603. 2011..Evidence further indicates that the informed consent process in clinical trials may induce nocebo effects. This article concludes with ethical directions for future patient-oriented research and routine practice...
The legitimacy of placebo treatments in clinical practice: evidence and ethicsFranklin G Miller
Department of Bioethics Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1156, USA
Am J Bioeth 9:39-47. 2009..The conclusion is reached that based on currently available evidence, it is premature to judge whether placebo treatments are ethically justifiable, with the possible exception of acupuncture for pain relief...
The placebo phenomenon and medical ethics: rethinking the relationship between informed consent and risk-benefit assessmentFranklin G Miller
Department of Bioethics Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Bethesda, MD 20892 1156, USA
Theor Med Bioeth 32:229-43. 2011..In this paper we discuss the implications of placebo and nocebo research for risk-benefit assessment and informed consent...
The placebo effect: illness and interpersonal healingFranklin G Miller
Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1156, USA
Perspect Biol Med 52:518-39. 2009..Finally, we argue that research on the placebo effect has the potential to revitalize the art of medicine...
Semiotics and the placebo effectFranklin G Miller
Department of Bioethics, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1156, USA
Perspect Biol Med 53:509-16. 2010..The semiotic approach dovetails with the various psychological mechanisms invoked to account for placebo effects, such as conditioning and expectation, and bridges the biological and cultural dimensions of this fascinating phenomenon...
