Nocebo Responses in Brain Diseases: A Systematic Review of the Current Literature

• Published in: International review of neurobiology Vol. 139; p. 443
• Main Authors: Zis, Panagiotis, Mitsikostas, Dimos-Dimitrios
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 2018
• Subjects: Brain Diseases - drug therapy; Brain Diseases - psychology; Humans; Nocebo Effect; Placebos - adverse effects; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Brain; Nocebo; Central nervous system; Placebo; Randomized controlled trials

Placebo is an intervention with no therapeutic effect that is used as a control in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Placebo effects and responses can produce a beneficial effect that cannot be attributed to the properties of the intervention itself, since it is usually inactive, and should, ther...