Kaptchuk et al., 2010: Taking a placebo pill and understanding the benefits of this effect reduced symptoms and increased relief among patients over three weeks
Reference:
Kaptchuk, T. J., Friedlander, E., Kelley, J. M., Sanchez, M. N., Kokkotou, E., Singer, J. P., ... & Lembo, A. J. (2010). Placebos without deception: a randomized controlled trial in irritable bowel syndrome. PloS one, 5(12), e15591.
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Telling patients with irritable bowel syndrome that a pill they are to take twice daily contains no medication (i.e., is a placebo) but that the placebo effect is powerful and can lead the body to respond effectively led, as compared to a no-pill condition, to greater improvement, and reduced symptoms at three weeks. At this point, 59% of treated patients, as compared to 35% of control patients, reported adequate relief.
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What Desired Meaning is At Stake?
What is the Person Trying to Understand?
Personal and Social ExperiencesApproach to Desired Meaning
What about it?
Changing beliefs in and about interpersonal conflicts and interactionsHow?
Psychological Question Addressed
Will this treatment or behavior help me?Will this treatment or behavior help me?Psychological Question Addressed
Will this treatment or behavior help me?Psychological Process 2:
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Health
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Prompting by altering situations