Mind-Body Healing Machines: 2015

Are there any Alternative/Complementary (CAM) device groups, conferences, associations, etc. - networking with each other, sharing best practices, etc.?

I'd like to network and learn specifically from the technical people involved in making CAM devices. They might be engineers, researchers, scientists, doctors who make devices, inventors, anyone who uses the Placebo Effect in their devices.

I see great untapped potential in "enhancing the Placebo Effect", particularly with the use of devices, e.g. pain relief, anxiety reducers, depression boosters, healing machines, psychoneuroimmunology, etc.

Alternative Medicine (CAM) is big now and is growing, both in the U.S. and worldwide. There must be technical people designing CAM devices out there (engineers, designers, technicians, etc.) These technical people must have a good understanding of the Placebo Effect to make devices that "look and sound like they heal or comfort".

These devices might be viewed by some as Quack Medical Devices and, yet, by others as a "miracle cure" or as a "comfort measure", especially for chronic health conditions.

Inasmuch as Pharmaceutical Companies make use the Placebo Effect, methinks the conventional Medical Device Industry also makes use of the Placebo, too, though I can't find many references.

Here are some examples of what I'm talking about - CAM Medical Devices -

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Health-Personal-Care-Alternative-Medicine-Products/zgbs/hpc/13052911

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_n_2?fst=as%3Aoff&rh=n%3A3760901%2Cn%3A3763571%2Ck%3Apain&keywords=pain&ie=UTF8&qid=1422201387&rnid=3760931

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=pain+relief&_osacat=67659&ssPageName=GSTL&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR2.TRC0.A0.H0.Xpain+device&_nkw=pain+device&_sacat=67659

Do medical devices have enhanced placebo effects?

Placebo responses to medical device therapy for pain.

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I didn't find much in the way of (CAM) device groups, conferences, associations, etc. - but maybe someday.

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Here's my search strings -

(alliance OR consortium OR coalition OR union OR league OR guild OR syndicate OR federation OR confederation OR confederacy OR conglomerate OR cooperative OR partnership OR affiliation OR organization OR club OR society OR congress OR meetup)

(alternative OR complementary) (therapy OR medicine OR health) (devices OR machines OR apparatus)

site:.org (alternative OR complementary) (therapy OR medicine OR health) (devices OR machines OR apparatus) (alliance OR consortium OR coalition OR union OR league OR guild OR syndicate OR federation OR confederation OR confederacy OR conglomerate OR cooperative OR partnership OR affiliation OR organization OR club OR society OR congress OR meetup)

(((alternative OR complementary) AROUND(2) (therapy OR medicine OR health)) AROUND(5) (devices OR machines OR apparatus))) (engineers OR scientists OR researchers)

((alternative OR complementary) AROUND(2) (therapy OR medicine OR health) AROUND(5) (devices OR machines OR apparatus)) (engineers OR designers)

(designer OR engineer) AROUND(5) placebo effect

engineer AROUND(5) "alternative medical devices"

engineer AROUND(5) "complementary medical devices"

"reverse engineer" AROUND(50) "placebo effect"

(designer OR engineer) "placebo effect"

Comments? Got any suggestions?

Disclaimer - Article is for information only and is not medical advice.

This is part 4 of my ongoing research in "enhancing the Placebo Effect - and decreasing the Nocebo Effect". This is my study guide and I hope you find it useful too. You can find parts 1, 2 and 3 on this blog also.

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Here are the search strings I used, so far:

(harness OR elucidate OR enhance OR increase OR intensify OR heighten OR magnify OR amplify OR strengthen OR build-up OR supplement OR augment OR boost OR improve OR enrich) placebo

(decrease OR lessen OR reduce OR minimize OR moderate) (doctor OR nurse OR physician OR practitioner OR clinic OR hospital) nocebo

((harness OR elucidate OR enhance OR increase OR intensify OR heighten OR magnify OR amplify OR strengthen OR build-up OR supplement OR augment OR boost OR improve OR enrich)-placebo) ((decrease OR lessen OR reduce OR minimize OR moderate)-nocebo (doctor OR nurse OR physician OR practitioner OR clinic OR hospital))

placebo nocebo

((decrease OR lessen OR reduce OR minimize OR moderate) (doctor OR nurse OR physician OR practitioner OR clinic OR hospital)-placebo) OR (placebo-(run-in OR lead-in)) OR (placebo-responder))

("placebo effect" OR "placebo response" OR nocebo) (patents OR patentable OR patent)

The Psychology of Pharmacotherapy--An Integral Part of Problems of Rehabilitation and Quality of Life.

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Individual differences in pain and placebo : an experimental investigation of nocebo hyperalgesia using thermal arm pain

Psychological aspects of cancer : a guide to emotion and psychological consequences of cancer, their causes and their management

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Motor and cognitive placebo-/nocebo-responses in Parkinson's disease patients with deep brain stimulation.

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Fabrizio Benedetti - 2014

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Lucille Carr-Kaffashan

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Tarra Linn Rawdon

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"People who are given medication for an ailment frequently feel better because they think they should, even though the product has no therapeutic value. This is known as the placebo effect. In order to eliminate the bias of the placebo effect in a clinical study, it is common practice to "blind" the participants, i. e., dispense to the control group a placebo which simulates in taste, smell, and appearance the product being tested. Similarly, to neutralize any subconscious bias of the examiner, it is important to blind him, i. e., prevent him from knowing which subjects received the medication and which did not. A study in which both the subjects and the examiner are blinded is referred to as "double-blind." See JA 914-916." - Lecture 3