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20 paź 2023 · The nocebo effect, also known as the nocebo response, happens when a person's negative expectations of treatment lead to negative side effects. An example of a nocebo response would be expecting that your medication will cause negative side effects and then having those unpleasant side effects, even though the medication that they are taking is ...
3 sty 2019 · The term nocebo effect refers to the harmful outcomes that result from people’s negative beliefs, anticipations, or experiences related to the treatment rather than the pharmacological properties of the treatment.
A growing body of evidence is emerging for a phenomenon known as the nocebo effect. This is when a person is conditioned to expect a negative response, or to anticipate negative effects from an experience.
Moreover, the nocebo effect is underpinned by different psycho-biological mechanisms than the placebo effect, further indicating that it is a separate phenomenon (Colloca and Barsky, 2020). This Research Topic focuses on the nocebo effects in clinical trials and practice.
In this article, we discuss a set of methodological issues that result from emerging approaches to studying nocebo effects, including distinctions between designs for standard nocebo effects versus nocebo side effects, the information provided by selecting different types of control groups in experimental designs, and the distinction between “tr...
17 sie 2021 · This systematic review of contemporary studies exploring the nocebo effect focuses on (1) the mechanisms underlying the nocebo effect, (2) the characteristics of participants exhibiting a more intensive nocebo response, and (3) the circumstances that might reduce or prevent the nocebo effect.
The nocebo effect is a potentially powerful phenomenon that can result in harmful or unpleasant treatment outcomes caused by negative expectations, past experience, and other aspects of the treatment context.
