# Pain Management and Placebo Effect

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/pain-management-and-placebo-effect/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Description | This cluster of papers explores the neurobiological mechanisms underlying placebo and nocebo effects, focusing on the role of expectation, pain perception, opioid activity, dopamine release, and the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging in clinical trials. It also delves into the impact of hypnosis on pain relief and the modulation of patient outcomes through placebo responses. |
| Domain | Life Sciences |
| Field | Neuroscience |
| OpenAlex ID | t12035 |
| Works | 169 |

## Topic papers all

Showing 15 of 169.

- [Cognitive Therapy of Depression](https://scholariq.org/papers/cognitive-therapy-of-depression/)
- [Mindfulness-based stress reduction and health benefits](https://scholariq.org/papers/mindfulness-based-stress-reduction-and-health-benefits/)
- [Depression and Pain Comorbidity](https://scholariq.org/papers/depression-and-pain-comorbidity/)
- [Grading the severity of chronic pain](https://scholariq.org/papers/grading-the-severity-of-chronic-pain/)
- [Psilocybin produces substantial and sustained decreases in depression and anxiety in patients with life-threatening cancer: A randomized double-blind trial](https://scholariq.org/papers/psilocybin-produces-substantial-and-sustained-decreases-in-depression-and/)
- [Functional imaging of brain responses to pain. A review and meta-analysis (2000)](https://scholariq.org/papers/functional-imaging-of-brain-responses-to-pain-a-review-and-meta-analysis-2000/)
- [Cannabinoids for Medical Use](https://scholariq.org/papers/cannabinoids-for-medical-use/)
- [Sex differences in pain: a brief review of clinical and experimental findings](https://scholariq.org/papers/sex-differences-in-pain-a-brief-review-of-clinical-and-experimental-findings/)
- [Antidepressant Drug Effects and Depression Severity](https://scholariq.org/papers/antidepressant-drug-effects-and-depression-severity/)
- [Pain Intensity Processing Within the Human Brain: A Bilateral, Distributed Mechanism](https://scholariq.org/papers/pain-intensity-processing-within-the-human-brain-a-bilateral-distributed/)
- [Are the clinical effects of homoeopathy placebo effects? A meta-analysis of placebo-controlled trials](https://scholariq.org/papers/are-the-clinical-effects-of-homoeopathy-placebo-effects-a-meta-analysis-of/)
- [Nonpharmacologic Therapies for Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review for an American College of Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline](https://scholariq.org/papers/nonpharmacologic-therapies-for-low-back-pain-a-systematic-review-for-an-american/)
- [Exacerbation of Pain by Anxiety Is Associated with Activity in a Hippocampal Network](https://scholariq.org/papers/exacerbation-of-pain-by-anxiety-is-associated-with-activity-in-a-hippocampal/)
- [Mindfulness‐Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness‐Based Cognitive Therapy – a systematic review of randomized controlled trials](https://scholariq.org/papers/mindfulness-based-stress-reduction-and-mindfulness-based-cognitive-therapy-a/)
- [Conscious Expectation and Unconscious Conditioning in Analgesic, Motor, and Hormonal Placebo/Nocebo Responses](https://scholariq.org/papers/conscious-expectation-and-unconscious-conditioning-in-analgesic-motor-and/)

## Topic primary papers

Showing 15 of 28.

- [Conscious Expectation and Unconscious Conditioning in Analgesic, Motor, and Hormonal Placebo/Nocebo Responses](https://scholariq.org/papers/conscious-expectation-and-unconscious-conditioning-in-analgesic-motor-and/)
- [Deconstructing the Placebo Effect and Finding the Meaning Response](https://scholariq.org/papers/deconstructing-the-placebo-effect-and-finding-the-meaning-response/)
- [When words are painful: Unraveling the mechanisms of the nocebo effect](https://scholariq.org/papers/when-words-are-painful-unraveling-the-mechanisms-of-the-nocebo-effect/)
- [The impact of patient expectations on outcomes in four randomized controlled trials of acupuncture in patients with chronic pain](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-impact-of-patient-expectations-on-outcomes-in-four-randomized-controlled/)
- [Overt versus covert treatment for pain, anxiety, and Parkinson's disease](https://scholariq.org/papers/overt-versus-covert-treatment-for-pain-anxiety-and-parkinson-s-disease/)
- [Do medical devices have enhanced placebo effects?](https://scholariq.org/papers/do-medical-devices-have-enhanced-placebo-effects/)
- [Enhanced temporal summation of second pain and its central modulation in fibromyalgia patients](https://scholariq.org/papers/enhanced-temporal-summation-of-second-pain-and-its-central-modulation-in/)
- [Pain and emotion: New research directions](https://scholariq.org/papers/pain-and-emotion-new-research-directions/)
- [To what extent are surgery and invasive procedures effective beyond a placebo response? A systematic review with meta-analysis of randomised, sham controlled trials](https://scholariq.org/papers/to-what-extent-are-surgery-and-invasive-procedures-effective-beyond-a-placebo/)
- [Placebo Use in the United Kingdom: Results from a National Survey of Primary Care Practitioners](https://scholariq.org/papers/placebo-use-in-the-united-kingdom-results-from-a-national-survey-of-primary-care/)
- [Acupoint-specific fMRI patterns in human brain](https://scholariq.org/papers/acupoint-specific-fmri-patterns-in-human-brain/)
- [The Therapeutic Effect of Intra-articular Normal Saline Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Meta-analysis of Evidence Level 1 Studies](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-therapeutic-effect-of-intra-articular-normal-saline-injections-for-knee/)
- [Placebo effect of medication cost in Parkinson disease](https://scholariq.org/papers/placebo-effect-of-medication-cost-in-parkinson-disease/)
- [A comparison of cognitive impairment due to benzodiazepines and to narcotics](https://scholariq.org/papers/a-comparison-of-cognitive-impairment-due-to-benzodiazepines-and-to-narcotics/)
- [Placebo and Nocebo Responses, Cortisol, and Circulating Beta-Endorphin](https://scholariq.org/papers/placebo-and-nocebo-responses-cortisol-and-circulating-beta-endorphin/)

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