Expectancies, placebo and nocebo in pain and other medical and psychological disorders
A placebo is a component of treatment or a treatment with unspecific therapeutic effect, while the so called placebo response is the positive effect that is caused by this treatment. The placebo response is probably caused by factors such as patient expectations, the patient-doctor relationship and conditioning processes. Nocebo response refers to negative effects that are caused by nonspecific treatment components or treatments. In our research we investigate different aspects on placebo and nocebo responses in pain and other conditions such as depression.
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- glombiewski at uni-landau.de
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Auer, C. J., Glombiewski, J. A., Doering, B. K., Winkler, A., Laferton, J. A. C., Broadbent, E., & Rief, W. (2016). Patients’ Expectations Predict Surgery Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 23(1), 49–62.
Kube, T., Glombiewski, J. A., & Rief, W. (2018). Using different expectation mechanisms to optimize treatment of patients with medical conditions - A systematic review. Psychosomatic Medicine, 80(6), 535-543. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000596
Rief, W., & Glombiewski, J. A. (2012). The hidden effects of blinded, placebo-controlled randomized trials: An experimental investigation. Pain, 153(12), 2473–2477.
Rief, W., Barsky, A. J., Glombiewski, J. A., Nestoriuc, Y., Glaesmer, H., & Braehler, E. (2011). Assessing general side effects in clinical trials: Reference data from the general population. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 20(4), 405–415.