Check out this new study on #nocebo effects in #cancer care. It explores how clinician #communication can inadvertently harm patients and caregivers. Tailoring information and providing emotional support can help improve communication. Full article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

DO PLACEBO STUDIES NEED A REVOLUTION?

Join us for a fireside chat with Professor Jeremy Howick and Andrew Papanikitas to celebrate the launch of The Power of Placebos: How the Science of Placebos and Nocebos Can Improve Health Care (Johns Hopkins, 2024). They'll be discussing how a…

JOIN 16 May 2024 at 6-7 PM for a ground-breaking 'fireside chat' on how a revolution in placebo studies is needed with Professor Jeremy Howick and Dr Andrew Papanikitas to celebrate the launch of the new book: bit.ly/3ETa8Vl 

Register here: tinyurl.com/4jj48be4

Original: Rooney et al (USYD Psychology) explored influence of attention bias on nocebo hyperalgesia

—Conditioning to nocebo hyperalgesia mediated by negative expectancy via anticipatory anxiety

Full: jpain.org/article/S1526-…

The SFB/TRR 289 Treatment Expectation is also represented at today's #Wisskon24 - our public outreach expert Dr. Helena Hartmann for the CRC is learning about and listening to all things #scicomm 😁

🎙️ Had an amazing time speaking at the 2024 US Association for the Study of Pain Annual Scientific Meeting in Seattle! Joined forces with giants Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS and tor wager in the symposium on 'Unlocking the Social Neuroscience of Pain: Trust, Learning, and Support.' 🧠💡 Great questions from the audience…

🎯’Don't be a nocebo! Why healthcare organizations should value patients' expectations’

👏🏻 Dr. Maxi Miciak 🌻forever Jerry Durham ɹǝʇlnoԀ pıʌɐᗡ 🚴🏻 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 for your help!

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#nocebo #expectation #organization #healthcare Frontiers

Join the engaging Placebo Beyond Opinions Center guest lecture, 'Neural and Physiological Mechanisms Supporting Mindfulness-Based Analgesia as Compared To Placebo' presented by Fadel Zeidan. Thursday, May, 2 from 3 - 4 p.m. (EST)
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From the eclipse to this *stellar* panel on the evidence and ethics of placebos on FRIDAY--what a week!

April 12, 12:30 pm ET
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Harvard Chan School The American Journal of Bioethics bioethics.com HMS HCP HiTS @ Harvard Harvard_Placebo Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies J. of Medical Ethics International Association of Bioethics

Physician Empathy and Chronic Pain Outcomes: 'Physician empathy was more strongly associated with favorable outcomes than were nonpharmacological treatments, opioid therapy, and lumbar spine surgery.' jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Exactly why we need the important work and collaborations like Università di Bologna European Pain Federation EFIC® on the PANACEA: Education on Placebo

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Disentangling contextual effects from musculoskeletal treatments

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What an interesting paper this is! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38602164/

It shows that 70-80% all manual therapy’s effects on pain are due to contextual effects (PCE) and not the actual treatment itself!

Contextual effects are things like the therapist explanations, narratives, and positive…

⁦At the excellent Nordic Winter Brain meeting, Dan-Mikael Ellingsen⁩ is presenting on placebo effects - including some nice unpublished data about non-specificity: a positive treatment expectation sufficed to improve pain and pleasant touch

🎉 Thrilled to feature Kaya Peerdeman as a speaker at the EFIC Virtual Pain Summit! This event is exclusively for #EFICAcademy members. Find out more information here: brnw.ch/21wIDI7 Kaya Peerdeman

Unlock the power of your mind for better health!💡Did you know your thoughts and perceptions about illness can impact your body? Check out this fascinating review to learn how your mindset towards symptoms can affect you physically. Dive into the link below to discover more!🧠💪

Welche Macht haben Gedanken? Dieser spannenden Frage geht eine arte-Doku nach. Zur Wort kommen dabei verschiedene Expert*innen, unter anderem Ärztin, Wissenschaftlerin & ELH-PI Prof. Dr. Ulrike Bingel. Bingel Laboratory (Bingellab)

Link zum Video: videogold.de/welche-macht-h…

➡️Exciting! The Bingel Laboratory (Bingellab), led by ELH-PI Ulrike Bingel, has a new paper out: 'Translating knowledge on placebo and nocebo effects into clinical practice'. 🤩🍾 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38533458/

This is the final week to apply for our staff scientist position at NIH Intramural! Join us & lead the application of state of the art neuroimaging tools & methods to our research on pain, affect, and social processing 🧠

DO PLACEBO STUDIES NEED ANOTHER REVOLUTION?

Join me and Andrew Papanikitas in a conversation about the past, present, and future of #placebo studies:

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OxEmCare University of Leicester NIHR ARC East Midlands Leicester Medical School Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies

#placebo #Empathy #nocebo