The placebo response and the power of unconscious healing /

Placebo responses are automatic and unconscious and cannot be predicted on conscious volition. Instead, they reflect complex interactions between the innate reward system of the nervous system and encoded procedural memories and imaginal fantasies. This book contributes therapeutic effects, varies i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kradin, Richard L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, ©2008.
Temas:
Placebos (Medicine)
Mental healing.
Mental Healing
Placebo Effect
Central Nervous System > physiology
Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical
Guérison par l'esprit.
Effet placebo.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Alternative Therapies.
MEDICAL > Healing.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Healing.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Healing > General.
Mental healing
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The placebo response
  • The basis of the placebo response in sickness and healing
  • A brief history of medicine and the changing implications of placebos
  • Placebo effects: who gets them?
  • What do we know about how placebos act?
  • The anomalous placebo response
  • Placebo and the truth
  • The challenge of harnessing the placebo response.

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