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The Placebo Effect
ALL THINGS CONSIDER — BY NAOMI SCHEINERMAN ON JANUARY 30, 2012 AT 12:00 PM
When I was younger and would fall and scrape my knee, my mother would kiss the painful spot and all of a sudden the pain would go away. The placebo effect is well heard of: individuals have been given fake or phony pills or treatments and gotten better. Such false methods of medical recovery include sugar pills that aid cold or fever symptoms, ordinary skin lotions that cure itching, injections of saline that relieve pain, fake therapies that shrink tumors, and meditation that cures skin diseases. According to WNYC’s RadioLab, these are signs of the pivotal psychological components of curing physical maladies: the combination of a confident physician or healer and a desirous or willing subject. The doctor is imparted with the job of being caretaker and healer to the patient. Without the trusting relationship between patient and doctor, there is little hope for healing. Additionally, the patient must trust in his very capacity to recover: both be given and believe in the confidence to heal. These seem to be, at least on the surface, the components of the placebo effect. This idea is also compatible with the reason that dog therapy, friends and family support, and bright and happy colors are also key ingredients to a successful recovery.
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