Eric Jacobson
Biographic Data
| ID | 642878 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eric Jacobson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eric |
| FAMILY NAME | Jacobson |
| SIGNATURE | JACOBSON E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Patients’ experiences treated with open-label placebo versus double-blind placebo
OLP and DBP participants share feelings of hope, uncertainty and curiosity but differ in the extent of conscious reflection. The counter-intuitive OLP prompts more self-examination, ambivalent feelings and active engagement compared to DBP. At the same time, OLP participants are more reluctant to attribute symptom improvement to their treatment. Our findings substantially add to the emerging picture of factors that distinguish OLP and DBP and the…
Why did Hannah Arendt Reject the Partition of Palestine
The political philosopher Hannah Arendt actively engaged in the problem of a Jewish homeland and the politics of Zionism in the years 1941–1948. She advocated a Binational solution to Palestine – a single political commonwealth with two national identities, Jewish and Arab, integrated in a federation with other countries in the region. In the crucial period leading up to the establishment of the State of Israel, Arendt became increasingly disillu…
Participants' Experiences of Being Debriefed to Placebo Allocation in a Clinical Trial
Participants in placebo-controlled clinical trials give informed consent to be randomized to verum or placebo. However, researchers rarely tell participants which treatment they actually received. We interviewed 4 participants in a trial of acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome before, during, and after they received a course of placebo treatments over 6 weeks. During the final interview, we informed participants that they had received a cours…
Scientific tools, fake treatments, or triggers for psychological healing
Placebo acupuncture as a form of ritual touch healing
Discovering Levinas
Author Posting. (c) 'Copyright Holder', 2010. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of 'Copyright Holder' for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Intellectual History Review, Volume 20 Issue 2, June 2010. doi:10.1080/17496971003783922 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17496971003783922)
Patient and Practitioner Influences on the Placebo Effect in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether placebo responses can be explained by characteristics of the patient, the practitioner, or their interpersonal interaction. METHODS: We performed an analysis of videotape and psychometric data from a clinical trial of patients with irritable bowel syndrome who were treated with placebo acupuncture in either a warm empathic interaction (Augmented, n = 96), a neutral interaction (Limited, n = 97), or a waitlist contr…
Locating the Messianic
Few ideas have had greater influence or caused greater suffering than the concept of the Messiah. Those drawn to the messianic by Walter Benjamin have been led to speculate on a messianic current within history. In order to unearth this current and to think about its causation, a new topographical map must be drawn. An intrinsic and extrinsic messianism are two points at either end of a spectrum. Between these two points, we may return to Benjami…
“Maybe I Made Up the Whole Thing”
Patients in the placebo arms of randomized controlled trials (RCT) often experience positive changes from baseline. While multiple theories concerning such "placebo effects" exist, peculiarly, none has been informed by actual interviews of patients undergoing placebo treatment. Here, we report on a qualitative study (n = 27) embedded within a RCT (n = 262) in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Besides identical placebo acupuncture treatment …
Notes and Documents
Metaphysics of the Profane
Panic Attack in a Context of Comorbid Anxiety and Depression in a Tibetan Refugee
Scientific tools, fake treatments, or triggers for psychological healing
Participants' Experiences of Being Debriefed to Placebo Allocation in a Clinical Trial
Participants in placebo-controlled clinical trials give informed consent to be randomized to verum or placebo. However, researchers rarely tell participants which treatment they actually received. We interviewed 4 participants in a trial of acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome before, during, and after they received a course of placebo treatments over 6 weeks. During the final interview, we informed participants that they had received a cours…
Panic Attack in a Context of Comorbid Anxiety and Depression in a Tibetan Refugee
Metaphysics of the Profane
Notes and Documents
Patient and Practitioner Influences on the Placebo Effect in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether placebo responses can be explained by characteristics of the patient, the practitioner, or their interpersonal interaction. METHODS: We performed an analysis of videotape and psychometric data from a clinical trial of patients with irritable bowel syndrome who were treated with placebo acupuncture in either a warm empathic interaction (Augmented, n = 96), a neutral interaction (Limited, n = 97), or a waitlist contr…
Locating the Messianic
Few ideas have had greater influence or caused greater suffering than the concept of the Messiah. Those drawn to the messianic by Walter Benjamin have been led to speculate on a messianic current within history. In order to unearth this current and to think about its causation, a new topographical map must be drawn. An intrinsic and extrinsic messianism are two points at either end of a spectrum. Between these two points, we may return to Benjami…
“Maybe I Made Up the Whole Thing”
Patients in the placebo arms of randomized controlled trials (RCT) often experience positive changes from baseline. While multiple theories concerning such "placebo effects" exist, peculiarly, none has been informed by actual interviews of patients undergoing placebo treatment. Here, we report on a qualitative study (n = 27) embedded within a RCT (n = 262) in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. Besides identical placebo acupuncture treatment …
Discovering Levinas
Author Posting. (c) 'Copyright Holder', 2010. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of 'Copyright Holder' for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Intellectual History Review, Volume 20 Issue 2, June 2010. doi:10.1080/17496971003783922 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17496971003783922)
Placebo acupuncture as a form of ritual touch healing
Participants' Experiences of Being Debriefed to Placebo Allocation in a Clinical Trial
Participants in placebo-controlled clinical trials give informed consent to be randomized to verum or placebo. However, researchers rarely tell participants which treatment they actually received. We interviewed 4 participants in a trial of acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome before, during, and after they received a course of placebo treatments over 6 weeks. During the final interview, we informed participants that they had received a cours…
Scientific tools, fake treatments, or triggers for psychological healing
Why did Hannah Arendt Reject the Partition of Palestine
The political philosopher Hannah Arendt actively engaged in the problem of a Jewish homeland and the politics of Zionism in the years 1941–1948. She advocated a Binational solution to Palestine – a single political commonwealth with two national identities, Jewish and Arab, integrated in a federation with other countries in the region. In the crucial period leading up to the establishment of the State of Israel, Arendt became increasingly disillu…
Patients’ experiences treated with open-label placebo versus double-blind placebo
OLP and DBP participants share feelings of hope, uncertainty and curiosity but differ in the extent of conscious reflection. The counter-intuitive OLP prompts more self-examination, ambivalent feelings and active engagement compared to DBP. At the same time, OLP participants are more reluctant to attribute symptom improvement to their treatment. Our findings substantially add to the emerging picture of factors that distinguish OLP and DBP and the…
Psychology (7 works) · Alternative medicine (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Pain Management and Placebo Effect (6 works) · Placebo (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (5 works) · History (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works)