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In her interesting viewpoint, Andrea Evers underlines how expectations and learned immune function can optimize dermatological treatments through the placebo effect or induce opposite effects through nocebo effects.[1] Placebo and… Click to show full abstract
In her interesting viewpoint, Andrea Evers underlines how expectations and learned immune function can optimize dermatological treatments through the placebo effect or induce opposite effects through nocebo effects.[1] Placebo and nocebo effects are positive or negative treatment effects that are a consequence not of the treatment itself, but exclusively of the patient’s expectations and beliefs about a more or less beneficial treatment outcome in terms of efficacy, safety, usability or side effects.[2]
Journal Title: Experimental Dermatology
Year Published: 2017
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