A Comparative Study with Depressed Patients on the Acceptability of Placebo Use
High rates of placebo responses are consistently reported in patients with major depressive disorder. Nonetheless, treating depression with placebo is still ethically controversial and generally prohibited in the clinical setting. In the present study we assess the acceptability of placebo usage among depressed patients.
Source: General Hospital Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kfir Feffer, Pesach Lichtenberg, Gideon Becker, Yuval Bloch, Roni Netzer, Uri Nitzan Source Type: research