Open AccessExpectancy in Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trials: An Example from Alcohol Dependence
Author(s) -
Ben Colagiuri,
Kirsten C. Morley,
Robert A. Boakes,
Paul Haber
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
psychotherapy and psychosomatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.531
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1423-0348
pISSN - 0033-3190
DOI - 10.1159/000206871
Subject(s) - expectancy theory , placebo , psychology , clinical psychology , alcohol dependence , double blind , alcohol , psychiatry , psychotherapist , medicine , social psychology , alternative medicine , biochemistry , chemistry , pathology
Double-blind placebo-controlled trials are intended to control for the impact of expectancy on outcomes. Whether they always achieve this is, however, questionable.
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