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Reframing placebo in research and practice.
The terms 'placebo' and 'placebo effects' cause confusion among patients, practitioners and scientists. This confusion results in both the adoption of practices that have no evidence of specificity yet considerable risk (such as surgery for low back pain) or the elimination of clinical practices proven to facilitate healing because they are not 'better than placebo' (such as acupuncture for low back pain). In this article, I discuss these issues and introduce the concept of optimal healing environment as a framework for disentangling what is useful from placebo research for adopting into clinical practice in a manner that is ethical and evidence-based.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2011 Jun 27;366(1572):1896-904. Jonas WB. Samueli Institute, 1737 King Street, Suite 600, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA.
Much has been said about the desire to change. Indeed, this is the topic of many self-help experts, personal coaches, and even professional counselors, psychologists, and other psychotherapists. However, little is ever said about why a person would want to transform.
The first thing that I notice is that there is a universal desire for happiness. While many people will never be content – even if their situation is the envy of many others – generally when a person has something that is causing a high level of dissatisfaction in their life, then they develop an urge to become...
Elevated blood pressure can be a sign of several severe medical problems. So this is something that affects you, please see a qualified medical specialist immediately.
When someone is undergoing clinical care for elevated blood pressure, the use of hypnosis and hypnotherapy can be very helpful. This is due to the fact that this situation may be due to a negative stress condition. If a person anticipates that they're constantly in a threatening situation, the appropriate parts of the brain activity. However, if this occurs recurrently, they're clearly training their mind and body to expect...
When it comes to higher human intelligence, there is curse with which we all live. Our highly developed frontal lobe allows us to anticipate the future and simulate a wide range of potential events. On one hand, this allows us to participate in strategic planning and goal setting as we create our lives. On a more mundane level, these capabilities allow us to do simple task such as walking and driving. On the other hand, when these abilities get out of control they can turn our life into a living hell. Our instinctual drive for self-preservation leads us to identify and seek to avoid any...
