Placebos
A placebo is a vehicle for achieving a treatment effect by suggestion. It is an inactive substance (or therapy) that is given to a patient, knowing it will not have any direct therapeutic benefit.
Placebos are used in two situations:
1. A control intervention in controlled studies of drugs
2. For psychological benefit of the patient
http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.psych.59.113006.095941
http://www.csicop.org/si/show/the_poor_misunderstood_placebo
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4319464/
http://www.nature.com/news/strong-placebo-response-thwarts-painkiller-trials-1.18511
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