Experimental Assessment of Nocebo Effects and Nocebo Side Effects: Definitions, Study Design, and Implications for Psychiatry and Beyond

Front Psychiatry. 2019 Jun 14:10:396. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00396. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Kate Faasse¹, Suzanne G Helfer², Kirsten Barnes³, Ben Colagiuri³, Andrew L Geers⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
² Department of Psychology, Adrian College, Adrian, MI, United States.
³ School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁴ Department of Psychology, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States.

No abstract available

Keywords: experimental design; no treatment control; nocebo effect; research methods—psychology; side effects.