Dependence on a Placebo: A Case Report
- 1 October 1969
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 115 (527) , 1189-1190
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.115.527.1189
Abstract
There is ample evidence that placebo can cause most, if not all, of the effects due to any active drug (Beecher, 1962; Honigfeld, 1964). A detailed case history of apparent dependence on a placebo can be added to these, in the form of the following clinical experience.Keywords
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