In an unusual trial, Stanford Medicine researchers found that a patient’s belief that they had received ketamine, even if they didn’t, could improve their depression.
I think so much more research needs to be done on the placebo effect. It’s so strong in certain conditions, but not uniform. Like migraine and depression for instance it’s extremely strong in. When the people in this study who got placebo felt better, that’s a real physical change happening in their brain just like anything else in your brain. Understanding what exactly is happening, how the placebo effect results in improvement in different conditions could uncover new potential treatment pathways for many diseases, especially ones that respond strongly to the placebo effect.
I encourage you to watch the mindfield episode about it. It’s really cool what they do in studies to help kids with pain by not lying but nearly lying about what a “test” will do to help them.
I watched it a long time ago but it was really cool
I think so much more research needs to be done on the placebo effect. It’s so strong in certain conditions, but not uniform. Like migraine and depression for instance it’s extremely strong in. When the people in this study who got placebo felt better, that’s a real physical change happening in their brain just like anything else in your brain. Understanding what exactly is happening, how the placebo effect results in improvement in different conditions could uncover new potential treatment pathways for many diseases, especially ones that respond strongly to the placebo effect.
I encourage you to watch the mindfield episode about it. It’s really cool what they do in studies to help kids with pain by not lying but nearly lying about what a “test” will do to help them.
I watched it a long time ago but it was really cool