A study at Michigan State University found that non-deceptive placebos, or placebos where the people taking them were fully aware that they were placebos, effectively managed stress.
According to RCO News Agency, Researchers recruited participas who had experienced long-term stress from the Covid-19 pandemic for a two-week randomized corolled trial. Half of the participas were randomly assigned to a non-deceptive placebo group and the other half to a corol group that did not take any pills. Participas ieracted with a researcher online through four virtual sessions on Zoom. Those in the non-deceptive placebo group received information about the placebo effect and were mailed placebo pills along with instructions for taking the pills.
According to ScienceDaily, the study shows that the placebo group showed significa reductions in stress, anxiety, and depression in just two weeks, compared to the ureated corol group. Participas also reported that non-deceptive placebos were easy to use.
“Long-term exposure to stress can impair a person’s ability to manage emotions and cause significa long-term meal health problems, so we’re excited to see,” said study co-author Jason Moser, professor in the Departme of Psychology. An ierveion that requires minimal effort can still lead to significa benefits.
Researchers are particularly hopeful about the ability to remotely administer non-deceptive placebos by healthcare providers.
This ability to remotely administer non-deceptive placebos dramatically increases its poteial for expansion, says Darwin Guevarra, one of the study’s authors and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, San Francisco.
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