SUBCONSCIOUS RETRAINING - A PLACEBO STRATEGY FOR GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER

This report describes a placebo strategy which engendered a reasonable degree of positive expectation in 10 Generalized Anxiety Disorder pat ients and was perceived by them as being credible, sensible and approp riate at pre- and post-therapy and at six month follow-up. The signifi cant improvement noted on a range of measures suggests that the strate gy is not inert.