Patient Expectancy as a Mediator of Placebo Effects in Antidepressant Clinical Trials.

CONCLUSIONS: Patient expectancy is a significant mediator of placebo effects in antidepressant trials. Expectancy-related interventions should be investigated as a means of controlling placebo responses in antidepressant clinical trials and improving patient outcome in clinical treatment. PMID: 27609242 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The American Journal of Psychiatry - September 8, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Rutherford BR, Wall MM, Brown PJ, Choo TH, Wager TD, Peterson BS, Chung S, Kirsch I, Roose SP Tags: Am J Psychiatry Source Type: research