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Lawrence Hrubes

The Nocebo Effect: How We Worry Ourselves Sick | GarethCook - 0 views

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shared by Lawrence Hrubes on 18 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • Lawrence Hrubes on 18 Oct 13
     
    "With placebos ("I will please" in Latin), the mere expectation that treatment will help brings a diminution of symptoms, even if the patient is given a sugar pill. With nocebos ("I will harm"), dark expectations breed dark realities."
Barbora Kejvalova

How a doctor's words can make you ill - 0 views

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shared by Barbora Kejvalova on 10 Mar 15 - No Cached
  • Medicine has long known about the placebo effect – the healing power of good expectations. But the nocebo effect, as its evil twin is known, may be more powerful. “It’s easier to do harm than good,” explains Watts. “And this is worrisome, because nocebo’s negative influence can be found lurking in almost every aspect of medical life and beyond.”
  • The good news is that, through the same power of the mind-body connection, a good bedside manner may do wonders for treatment. One study found that depressed patients given placebo pills by an empathetic doctor ended up with better results than those taking an active drug from a psychiatrist who seemed less concerned about their welfare. Some scientists have even hypothesised that doctors could try to make use of the placebo effect to reduce the dose given to patients – by using the power of their mind to make up the difference.
  • Barbora Kejvalova on 12 Mar 15
     
    A good bedside manner can help heal the body, but if doctors don't choose their words carefully, they can also make you unwell.
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