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The Nocebo Effect: When Words Make You Sick

By Michael Bernstein Ph.D., Charlotte Blease Ph.D., Cosima Locher Ph.D., Walter Brown M.D.
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By Michael Bernstein Ph.D., Charlotte Blease Ph.D., Cosima Locher Ph.D., Walter Brown M.D.
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An investigation of the nocebo effect—the placebo effect's evil twin.

Can beliefs make you sick? Consider "The June Bug" incident from a US textile factory in the early 1960s. Many employees began to feel dizzy, had an upset stomach, and vomited. Some were even hospitalized. The illness was attributed to a mysterious bug biting workers. However, when the CDC investigated this outbreak, no bugs or any other cause of the illnesses could be identified. Instead, it appears to be an illness caus...

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