The Nocebo Effect

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The Nocebo Effect By Stephanie Wang

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The Nocebo Effect. By Stephanie Wang. What is it?. http://static.ibnlive.com/pix/sitepix/09_2007/healthcap2809_248.jpg. The Placebo Effect Placebo: “I shall please” Nocebo: “I shall harm” Expectations Experiences Anxiety and Depression. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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The Nocebo EffectBy Stephanie Wang

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What is it?

The Placebo Effect Placebo: “I shall please” Nocebo: “I shall harm” Expectations Experiences Anxiety and Depression

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Eighty Years Ago

Witch doctorNear death to hospitalLizard EggsOne week later

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Forty Years Ago

Liver cancerSix months to liveAutopsyBelief

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Today

Side effectsHigh riskClinical trialsAnticipatory nauseaObservations

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Impacts

DoctorsSide EffectsOperationsBelief can cure or kill a person

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Bibliography "Definition of Nocebo." Nocebo Definition. 14 Mar. 2004.

MedicineNet.com. 26 Sep. 2009 <http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=31482>.

Pilcher, Helen. "Beware Witch Doctors." NewScientist 16 May 2009: 30-33.