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The placebo response complex.

Richard Kradin1

  • 1Boston, USA.

The Journal of Analytical Psychology
|November 10, 2004
PubMed
Summary

Placebo effects in anxiety and depression may stem from autonomous complexes that restore well-being. Analytic approaches like mirroring can enhance therapeutic outcomes.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Psychiatry
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Placebo effects are common in anxiety and depressive disorders, contributing to therapeutic benefits.
  • These effects are theorized to arise from autonomous feeling-toned complexes that restore well-being.
  • The study explores the link between placebo responses and neurobiological models of the self.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the psychological roots of the placebo response complex.
  • To examine the relationship between the placebo response complex and modern neurobiological models of self.
  • To investigate the connection between nocebo responses, negative therapeutic reactions, and self-defense mechanisms.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual exploration linking psychoanalytic theory with neurobiology.
  • Examination of psychological origins, including attachment and superego concepts.
  • Analysis of negative placebo (nocebo) responses and their relation to psychoanalytic concepts.

Main Results:

  • Placebo effects may originate from autonomous complexes linked to early attachment and the superego.
  • Nocebo responses correlate with concepts like the negative therapeutic reaction and defense of the self.
  • Psychoanalytic techniques like mirroring and attunement may enhance therapeutic effects.

Conclusions:

  • Psychoanalytic concepts offer a framework for understanding placebo and nocebo effects.
  • Therapeutic interventions incorporating mirroring, attunement, and containment can optimize treatment outcomes.
  • The analytic encounter is crucial for harnessing the salutary effects of psychological and somatic therapies.

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