Several studies suggest that a placebo administered without deception, non-deceptive placebo (NDP), can help people manage emotional distress and clinical disorders. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3008733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3008733/
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A study by @GuevarraDarwin published in @NatureComms shows NDPs reduce self-reported measures of emotional distress across two experiments involving a highly arousing negative picture viewing task. @MsuPsychology @torwager @UMichResearch
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-17654-y.pdf
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And for the first time, shows that non-deceptive placebos induce a genuine psychobiological effect by reducing an EEG-derived biomarker of emotional distress called the late positive potential. Why is this important?
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Placebo interventions offer a cost-effective tool to help manage various clinical disorders and symptoms. But the ethical problem has been it was always perceived that deception was required to achieve the placebo effect.
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This study shows you can utilize the placebo w/o deception & still achieve a psychobiological effect. Innovative research like this is breaking ground for further research to tap into and maximize the power of the mind in therapeutic encounters. Hats off to these researchers!