ArticleFrontiers in psychology2018
When a Placebo Is Not a Placebo: Problems and Solutions to the Gold Standard in Psychotherapy Research.
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The impact of contextual effects in exercise therapy for low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Control interventions in randomised trials among people with mental health disorders.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Placebo Responses and Their Clinical Implications in Fibromyalgia: A Meta-Analysis Using SSRI and SNRI Trials.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2021Pooled it
- The Impact of BWM-T Versus Brief Mindfulness Induction on Stress, Anxiety and Self-Efficacy in University Students: Immediate and Short-Term Outcomes of RCT on Psychological Well-Being and Autonomic Balance.Brain and behavior · 2026Trial
- The African youth in mind (Y-MIND) brief psychological intervention for depression among school-going adolescents in Ghana: a development case series.BMC psychiatry · 2026Trial
- Lay perspectives of the open-label placebo rationale: a qualitative study of participants in an experimental trial.BMJ open · 2021Trial
- Effects of open-label placebos on test performance and psychological well-being in healthy medical students: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2021Trial
- Measuring and appraising placebo effects in clinical trials: contemporary challenges and approaches in psychiatry.The lancet. Psychiatry · 2026Review
- Investigating Placebos and Controls Used in Large Language Model-Based Chatbot Intervention Trials: Protocol for a Methodological Review.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Evaluating the effect of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on sleep difficulties in children with autism spectrum disorder: a randomized controlled trial.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2025Article
- Matched vs Nonmatched Placebos in a Randomized Trial of COVID-19 Treatments.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Bright Light Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder in Adolescent Outpatients: A Preliminary Study.Clocks & sleep · 2024Article
- Protocol for a scoping review of traditional medicine research methods, methodologies, frameworks and strategies.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Changing positive and negative affects through music experiences: a study with university students.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- Digital mental health: challenges and next steps.BMJ mental health · 2023Review
- Considerations of Control Conditions Designs in Randomized Controlled Trials of Exercise Interventions for Cancer Survivors.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2022Article
- Open-Label Placebo Interventions With Drinking Water and Their Influence on Perceived Physical and Mental Well-Being.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Open-label placebo clinical trials: is it the rationale, the interaction or the pill?BMJ evidence-based medicine · 2020Article
- Primary care providers' use of and attitudes towards placebos: An exploratory focus group study with US physicians.British journal of health psychology · 2020Article
- Investigating Knowledge, Attitude, and Beliefs Regarding Placebo Interventions in Clinical Practice: A Comparative Study of Nursing and Medical University Students.Advances in medical education and practice · 2020Article
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