Placebo Effects of Open-label Verbal Suggestions on Itch

• Main Authors: Stefanie H. Meeuwis (Author), Henriët van Middendorp (Author), Dieuwke S. Veldhuijzen (Author), Antoinette I.M. van Laarhoven (Author), Jan De Houwer (Author), Adriana P.M. Lavrijsen (Author), Andrea W.M. Evers (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Medical Journals Sweden, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Placebo effects are positive outcomes that are not due to active treatment components, which may be elicited even when patients are aware of receiving an inert substance (open-label). This proof-of-principle study investigated for the first time whether open-label placebo effects on itch can be indu...