Ted Jack Kaptchuk

Professor of Medicine

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Ted J. Kaptchuk is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of the Harvard-wide Program in Placebo Studies and the Therapeutic Encounter (PiPS) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. He is also a professor of Global Health and Social Medicine.

For more information, see his personal website.

Affiliation:

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Address:
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
330 Brookline Avenue
Boston, MA 02215

As a leading figure in placebo studies, a scholar of East Asian medicine, and an academic authority on medical pluralism, Professor Kaptchuk's career has spanned multiple disciplines, drawing upon concepts, research designs and analytical methods from the humanities and basic and clinical and social sciences.

Novel multi-modal methodology to investigate placebo response in major depressive disorder.

Authors: Authors: Cusin C, Dillon DG, Belleau E, Normandin MD, Petibon Y, El-Fakri G, Dhaynaut M, Hooker J, Kaptchuk T, McKee M, Hayden E, Meyer A, Jahan A, Origlio J, Ang YS, Brunner D, Kang M, Long Y, Fava M, Pizzagalli DA.
J Affect Disord 2025-01-01
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Acupoint Sensitivity in Health and Disease: A Systematic Review.

Authors: Authors: Yang E, Lu W, Muñoz-Vergara D, Goldfinger E, Kaptchuk TJ, Napadow V, Ahn AC, Wayne PM.
J Integr Complement Med 2024-10-01
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Reply to Birch et al. Comment on "Takakura et al. Acupuncture for Japanese Katakori (Chronic Neck Pain): A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Double-Blind Study. Medicina 2023, 59, 2141".

Authors: Authors: Takakura N, Takayama M, Kaptchuk TJ, Kong J, Yajima H.
Medicina (Kaunas) 2024-09-03
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Open-Label Placebo Injection for Chronic Back Pain With Functional Neuroimaging: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Authors: Authors: Ashar YK, Sun M, Knight K, Flood TF, Anderson Z, Kaptchuk TJ, Wager TD.
JAMA Netw Open 2024-09-03
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Influence of patient-clinician relationship style on acupuncture outcomes in functional dyspepsia: A multi-site randomized controlled trial in Korea.

Authors: Authors: Ko SJ, Kim K, Kaptchuk TJ, Napadow V, Kuo B, Gerber J, Ha NY, Lee J, Kelley JM, Park JW, Kim J.
Patient Educ Couns 2024-04-01
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Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Hope in Medicine Scale.

Authors: Authors: Balthasar L, Bräscher AK, Kaptchuk TJ, Ballou SK, Kube T.
Clin Psychol Eur 2024-03-01
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Brain-computer interface relieves chronic chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

Authors: Authors: Prinsloo S, Kaptchuk TJ, De Ridder D, Lyle R, Bruera E, Novy D, Barcenas CH, Cohen LG.
Cancer 2024-01-01
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The Effect of Singular Nonverbal Behaviours of Experimenters on Pain Reports.

Authors: Authors: Daniali H, Ruben MA, Aslaksen PM, Fiskum C, Kaptchuk TJ, Flaten MA.
J Pain Res 2024-01-01
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Heresy, witchcraft, Jean Gerson, scepticism and the use of placebo controls.

Authors: Authors: Kirakosian R, Möllenbrink L, Zamore G, Kaptchuk TJ, Jensen K.
J R Soc Med 2024-01-01
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Acupuncture for Japanese Katakori (Chronic Neck Pain): A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Double-Blind Study.

Authors: Authors: Takakura N, Takayama M, Kawase A, Kaptchuk TJ, Kong J, Vangel M, Yajima H.
Medicina (Kaunas) 2023-12-09
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