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| pandamonium |
Posted - 04/29/2009 : 15:15:24
Thanks to Belle, who drew my attention to this article about the nocebo effect, thought it might be of interest to some of you.
Financial Times Article: Why Health Warnings Can Be Bad
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| pandamonium |
Posted - 05/03/2009 : 00:38:09
I emailed some of the researchers to tell them about TMS. One of them replied that he had never heard of it but was fascinated and was off to google it!
We need to keep pushing the information out like this.
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| justme |
Posted - 05/02/2009 : 18:21:06
Wow- Thank you so much for posting. Intuitively I have been really careful about what doctors I see. I really dont like the ones who have the style that contributes to the nocebo affect.
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| Webdan65 |
Posted - 05/02/2009 : 09:17:05
Loved the article. LOVED IT!
Just confirms what I've been believing lately. What we focus upon magnifies. Focus on pain - you get more of it. Focus on fear - your fear grows.
Expect the best - you'd be amazed how good you can feel.
Thanks for posting the article!!!
Dan |
| Jorgen_C |
Posted - 05/02/2009 : 04:03:23
This is pretty much exactly what Sarno is saying:
“It’s quite remarkable how the illnesses that are increasing at the moment are not the big, killer diseases, grounded in real, physical pathology,” says David Wainwright. “It’s the subjective problems of everyday life that are becoming medicalised, where there’s no actual evidence of any physical illness. “Even hassles at work are interpreted through the medicalised category of work stress rather than political or industrial relations issues” – a practice that Wainwright says is promoted by government agencies. “Health policy is promoting this belief that we’re all at risk from absolutely everything we come into contact with, and that just encourages us to feel more vulnerable and to interpret our normal experiences as health problems. It’s all just amplifying this epidemic of non-specific illness, which has incredibly disabling effects on people.”
It is good that there is so much awareness about this among these psychologists. |
| stefan |
Posted - 05/01/2009 : 22:13:50
Awsome article. Thanks!
Ars Longa Vita Brevis |
