IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
| Ted J. Kaptchuck Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Director of the Harvard-wide Program in Placebo Studies and The Therapeutic Encounter Lisa Conboy Clinical Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School | John M. Kelley Deputy Director of the Program in Placebo Studies & the Therapeutic Encounter, Associate Professor of Psychology at Endicott College, faculty member at Harvard Medical School, licensed clinical psychologist in the Psychiatry Service at Massachusetts General Hospital |
Factors contributing to the placebo effect can be progressively combined in a manner resembling a graded dose escalation of component parts. Non specific effects can produce statistically and clinically significant outcomes and the patient practitioner relationship is the most robust component.
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