by
mado martinez
website
www.madomartinez.com
INTERVIEW WITH
DR. IRVING KIRSCH
STRANGE FACTS ABOUT PLACEBOS
THAT WILL SURPRISE YOU
I
rving Kirsch is Associated Director
in the Placebo Studies Program
at Harvard Medical School and
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Center, and professor of psychology at
the University of Plymouth (UK). He has
excelled in the scientific community for
his research on placebo effects, antidepressants, expectancy, and hypnosis.
Kirsch is the creator of the theory of
response expectancy and studies in this
field regarding antidepressants and placebo effect have had a lot of influence on
treatment protocols in UK.
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