INFORMATION ABOUT DRUG EFFECTS MODIFY AROUSAL - AN INVESTIGATION OF THE PLACEBO-RESPONSE

Authors
FLATEN MA
Citation
Ma. Flaten, INFORMATION ABOUT DRUG EFFECTS MODIFY AROUSAL - AN INVESTIGATION OF THE PLACEBO-RESPONSE, Nordic journal of psychiatry, 52(2), 1998, pp. 147-151
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
Nordic journal of psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
08039488
Volume
52
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
147 - 151
Database
ISI
SICI code
0803-9488(1998)52:2<147:IADEMA>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Forty-eight volunteers received information that they were ingesting a relaxant (relaxant group), a stimulant (stimulant group), or an inact ive substance (control group). All subjects received an inactive subst ance. There was decreased subjective stress and arousal in the Relaxan t group and a tendency towards increased skin conductance responses in the stimulant group. This suggests that information about drug effect s elicits a placebo response.