“Placebo Therapy as an Ethical Alternative”
In March 2012, PiPS Associate Director Irving Kirsch, presented a plenary address at the 2012 Integrative Medicine & Health Congress in Portland, OR. The talk, “Placebo Therapy as an Ethical...
View ArticlePursuing the Placebo Effect
In February 2012, PiPS Director Ted Kaptchuk and PiPS Senior Faculty Arthur Barsky presented at Talks@Twelve, a quarterly lecture given to the Harvard Medical School community. We just received the a...
View ArticleSubconscious cues can trigger the placebo effect, say researchers
PiPS researcher, Karin Jensen, was the lead investigator for the experiment that made these remarkable findings. Read the article: “Nonconscious activation of placebo and nocebo pain responses”
View ArticleNPR Interview with Ted Kaptchuk and Arthur Barsky on the nocebo effect –...
Radio Boston (local NPR station) interviews PiPS Director, Ted Kaptchuk, and Arthur Barsky, Director of Psychiatric Research at Brigham and Women’s Hopsital and professor at Harvard Medical School, on...
View ArticlePossible genetic explanation for the placebo effect
A patient’s genetic makeup may explain the “placebo effect,” in which people perceive that a fake treatment makes them feel better, according to a study by PiPS researchers. The findings may help...
View ArticleRobert Wood Johnson Foundation gives grant to support Placebo Studies
PiPS has been awarded $250,000 by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The funds will be used to create a high-impact seminar series that examines the potential of placebo studies to contribute to the...
View ArticleFeature article in Harvard Magazine about Ted Kaptchuk and his work
Based on extensive interviews with Ted Kaptchuk and a number of his colleagues and associates, this article sums up the ground-breaking work that Prof. Kaptchuk has overseen. Read the full text of...
View ArticleBrain scans suggest that doctors ‘feel’ their patients’ pain – New article in...
The experiment involved taking scans of physicians’ brains while they were delivering treatment. The findings support the idea that patient–physician interactions significantly contribute to placebo...
View ArticleThe Science of Placebo – Public talks coming this June
Please join us for these exciting public talks. To register, click on ‘Contact us‘ and tell us you are coming.
View ArticleAgenda for Science of Placebo talks June 19 and 20
Four renowned experts in the field of placebo studies convene in Boston to share their findings with the medical community. View the agenda here.
View ArticleWatch “The Potential of Placebo” a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation promise story
“The placebo effect is people getting better without any active ingredients.” Harvard Medical School’s Ted Kaptchuk, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grantee, cuts across clinical specialties through...
View ArticleTune in live to “Placebo Effects in Guidelines, Practice & Patient Choice: A...
If you’re not able to attend our upcoming December 9th forum on placebo effects in the clinic, we’re happy to announce you can watch it live online. Register for the webcast here. You can also join the...
View ArticleSeminar Series Continues with “Healing and Placebo: Medicine, Religion and...
The RWJF-funded Placebo Seminar Series continues on February 11th with an address by Tanya Luhrmann, Watkins University Professor in the Stanford Anthropology Department. Her books include...
View ArticleRead a “white paper” on Placebo Effects in Guidelines, Practice, and Patient...
In an effort to encourage discussion about placebo as a potential therapeutic tool, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) funded a five-part series facilitated by the Program in Placebo Studies....
View ArticleRobert Wood Johnson Foundation gives grant to support Placebo Studies
PiPS has been awarded $250,000 by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The funds will be used to create a high-impact seminar series that examines the potential of placebo studies to contribute to the...
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