These two papers in Lancet Psychiatry about placebo/nocebo in practice and in trials are very worth reading. Be mindful about expectation in your patients/yourself, and critical even with RCTs. I hope reporting on placebo conditions, treatment expectations and blinding success improves steadily!!
Livia Asan
First of 2 great @thelancetpsych.bsky.social
articles on placebo/nocebo in psychiatry (& relevance to all of medicine) led by the brilliant @mattburkemd.bsky.social
This one on harnessing placebo & mitigating nocebo
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In psychiatry and medicine, there is a long history of framing placebo effects primarily as nuisance factors and focusing on how they should be minimi…