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The Other Side of the Coin

Nocebo Effects and Psychotherapy

Bibliographic Data

ID15519686
AuthorsCosima Locher (0000-0002-9660-0590, University of Basel), Helen Koechlin (0000-0001-6680-8027, University of Basel), Jens Gaab (0000-0002-9194-8491, University of Basel), Heike Gerger (0000-0002-7077-658X, University of Basel, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume10
Pages555-555
Publication date2019-08-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640
PublisherFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00555
PMID31440174
OpenAlexW2962026794
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited61

Psychotherapy and placebo have a long history, and both have been shown to have significant and clinically meaningful effects. In the last 100 years and up to today, psychotherapy has been subject to an enduring and often heated debate about its mechanisms and its possible relationship to placebos and their effects. However, there is little awareness of the placebo effects' counterpart-nocebo effects (from Latin "I will harm")-in the context of psychotherapy. Embedded in the controversy of whether psychotherapy and placebo share some unwanted proximity in terms of effects and mechanisms, the question arises which role nocebo effects may play in relation to psychotherapy. By using two examples, this article analyzes and discusses two different kinds of possible associations between psychotherapy and nocebo effects. We close with possibilities of how to prevent the occurrence of nocebo effects in psychotherapy, including some specific recommendations for clinical practice

Alternative medicine · Nocebo Effect · Placebo · Psychotherapist · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Pain Management and Placebo Effect · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

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Unique citing works2
Citations per year0,33
Citation span2020 - 2023 (4)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2
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