An article by written by faculty of the Harvard History of Science Department and the Program in Placebo Studies explores how “drug marketing portrays idealized scientific relationships between psychopharmaceuticals and depression … and how the placebo effect has become a critical issue in these debates, including the possible role of drug advertising to influence the placebo effect directly.” The article appears in the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine.
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Brilliant article. Thanks for posting.
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Thank you. I debated the “newsiness” of this but decided in the end (after consulting with Bob) that it was too good not to put up. Your response is gratifying. Thanks again.
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I am glad you did. I would not have seen it and it is one of the best discussions of this topic I have read. I am passing it around!
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Hopefully you are providing people with the link to Mad In America, so we can enjoy the boost in traffic your fanbase would deliver.
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