We've all heard of the placebo effect – when a patient so strongly believes a new treatment will work that they experience improvement even though the treatment may not be real. Did you know that there is also a nocebo effect? It's the opposite of a placebo effect. If a patient has strong negative expectations that a treatment will harm rather than heal, they are likely to experience more adverse side effects.
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