Comments on: Hard as nails

By: Alicia In Treatment

Alicia In Treatment — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:52:12 +0000

I agree with this article that in treating chronic pain psychological therapy is an effective treatment. And also, There are actually two types of pain, one is acute pain and the other is chronic pain. Surgery, broken bones, toothache, burns etc. are the usual cause of acute pain, while cancer pain, arthritis pain, neurogenic pain (pain resulting from damaged nerves) and so forth causes chronic pain. However, acute pain may eventually lead to chronic pain. a natural anti-inflammatory and analgesic, perhaps the most powerful health product in the world today. What are the benefits of the incredible mangosteen fruit particularly in managing pain and inflammation? Xanthones, which are very unique to the mangosteen appears to possess numerous potential beneficial properties such as, “antiallergic, anti-inflammatory, antituberculotic, antitumor, antiplatelet, Beta-adrenergic blocking and anticonvulsant” properties.

Kind Regards,
Alicia

By: Dr. David Schroeder

Dr. David Schroeder — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:22:46 +0000

Very interesting story. I remember in psychology how so many things are pshycosomatic…in the head. True story to back it up!

By: Plasmon

Plasmon — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:13:47 +0000

Sounds like a great case. Agree completely that placebo/nocebo is expectation dependent and a window on human nature. The Moerman book on the “meaning response” is particularly good on this point.
Can’t read the article directly because of the paywall. Could you link to the free abstract/extract, or give the title of the article? BMJ paywall gives no clues to when this was published, so I can’t find it on Ovid via my university login.
Thanks.

By: Tom Michael

Tom Michael — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:22:28 +0000

PPS! You missed out on the Blue Monday bullshit this year!

By: Tom Michael

Tom Michael — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:21:23 +0000

Thats a crazy story. Placebo, Nocebo and the Somatisation disorders may all result from a common expectation effect – which is something I think the hyponosis people are better at using than us psychologists.
I just wrote a presentation on the placebo effect and its role in psychological therapies. It boils down to the fact that even if a therapy is evidence based and of proven efficacy, the placebo effect plays a role, and conversely, even if a “therapy” is entirely placebo, it can still be effective!
I think once we psychologists get a proper grip on Placebo/Nocebo/psychsomatic effects we’ll understand human nature a lot better…
PS: I’ve found it impossible to sign in to typepad to comment on your blog using either facebook or google account – Not sure the OpenID thing is working properly with the people that host your blog – you might want to investigate.