Placebo and nocebo effects in depression: Implications for treatment and clinical trial designs

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Placebo and nocebo effects in depression: Implications for treatment and clinical trial designs. / Rief, Winfried; Kelley, John M.; Nestoriuc, Yvonne.

Placebo Effects Through the Lens of Translational Research. ed. / Luana Colloca; Jason Noel; Patricia D. Franklin; Chamindi Seneviratne. 1 . ed. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023. p. 215–228.

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Harvard

Rief, W, Kelley, JM & Nestoriuc, Y 2023, Placebo and nocebo effects in depression: Implications for treatment and clinical trial designs. in L Colloca, J Noel, PD Franklin & C Seneviratne (eds), Placebo Effects Through the Lens of Translational Research. 1 edn, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 215–228. https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780197645444.003.0016

APA

Rief, W., Kelley, J. M., & Nestoriuc, Y. (2023). Placebo and nocebo effects in depression: Implications for treatment and clinical trial designs. In L. Colloca, J. Noel, P. D. Franklin, & C. Seneviratne (Eds.), Placebo Effects Through the Lens of Translational Research (1 ed., pp. 215–228). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780197645444.003.0016

Vancouver

Rief W, Kelley JM, Nestoriuc Y. Placebo and nocebo effects in depression: Implications for treatment and clinical trial designs. In Colloca L, Noel J, Franklin PD, Seneviratne C, editors, Placebo Effects Through the Lens of Translational Research. 1 ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2023. p. 215–228 https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780197645444.003.0016

Bibtex

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