Neurobiology of the Placebo Effect Part II

Neurobiology of the Placebo Effect, Part II, Volume 139, the latest release in the International Review of Neurobiology series, is the second part of a two-volume set that provides the latest placebo studies in clinically relevant models. Specific chapters cover the History of placebo effects in medicine, Lumping or Splitting: Towards a taxonomy of placebo and related effects, Theories and brain mechanisms of placebo analgesia, Pain Modulation: From CPM to placebo and nocebo effects in experimental and clinical pain, Modulation of the motor system by placebo and nocebo effects, and The role of sleep in learning placebo effects, amongst other topics.

1. History of placebo effects in medicine Damien Finniss 2. Lumping or Splitting: Towards a Taxonomy of Placebo and Related Effects John M. Kelley 3. Theories and brain mechanisms of placebo analgesia Javeria A. Hashmi 4. Pain modulation: From CPM to placebo and nocebo effects in experimental and clinical pain. Serge Marchand 5. Modulation of the motor system by placebo and nocebo effects. Mirta Fiorio 6. The role of sleep in learning placebo effects Florian Chouchou, Gilles Lavigne, Pierre Rainville and Thien Thanh Dang-Vu 7. Are blue pills better than green? How treatment characteristics modulate the placebo effect Karin Meissner and Klaus Linde 8. Knowledge Gaps in Placebo Research Paul Enck and Katja Weimer 9. The therapeutic value of the relationship in the placebo effect and other healing practices Bruce Wampold 10. Clinical use of placebo effects in patients with pain disorders Regine Klinger 11. The power of labeling in placebo and nocebo effects Kate Faasse and Leslie R. Martin 12. Choose your Words Wisely: The Impact of Message Framing on Patients’ Treatment Preferences and Expectations Paul Glare 13. A review of placebo and active treatment additivity in placebo analgesia Matthew J. Coleshill and Ben Colagiuri 14. Cultivating Placebo to Reduce Pain, Catastrophizing, and Opioid Use Beth D. Darnall 15. Ethics of Placebo Effects Marco Annoni 16. Describing placebo phenomena in medicine Roland Denis Sussex 17. Nocebo responses in brain diseases Dimos Mitsikostas 18. The role of patient-practitioner relationships in placebo and nocebo phenomena Maxie Blasini