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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.

Quantifying and controlling the impact of regression to the mean on randomized controlled trials in epilepsy.
Authors: Authors: Goldenholz DM, Goldenholz EB, Kaptchuk TJ.
Epilepsia
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Placebos in pediatrics: A cross-sectional survey investigating physicians' perspectives.
Authors: Authors: Faria V, Talbert C, Goturi N, Borsook D, Lebel A, Kaptchuk TJ, Kirsch I, Kelley JM, Moulton EA.
J Psychosom Res
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Doctors Speak: A Qualitative Study of Physicians' Prescribing of Antidepressants in Functional Bowel Disorders.
Authors: Authors: Ongaro G, Ballou S, Kube T, Haas J, Kaptchuk TJ.
Cult Med Psychiatry
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Experiences of Patients Taking Conditioned Open-Label Placebos for Reduction of Postoperative Pain and Opioid Exposure After Spine Surgery.
Authors: Authors: Hruschak V, Flowers KM, Patton M, Merchantz V, Schwartz E, Edwards R, Kaptchuk T, Kang J, Dossett M, Schreiber K.
Int J Behav Med
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Brain-to-brain mechanisms underlying pain empathy and social modulation of pain in the patient-clinician interaction.
Authors: Authors: Ellingsen DM, Isenburg K, Jung C, Lee J, Gerber J, Mawla I, Sclocco R, Grahl A, Anzolin A, Edwards RR, Kelley JM, Kirsch I, Kaptchuk TJ, Napadow V.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Effectiveness of Conditioned Open-label Placebo With Methadone in Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Authors: Authors: Belcher AM, Cole TO, Massey E, Billing AS, Wagner M, Wooten W, Epstein DH, Hoag SW, Wickwire EM, Greenblatt AD, Colloca L, Rotrosen J, Magder L, Weintraub E, Wish ED, Kaptchuk TJ.
JAMA Netw Open
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Targeting neural correlates of placebo effects.
Authors: Authors: Romanella SM, Mencarelli L, Burke MJ, Rossi S, Kaptchuk TJ, Santarnecchi E.
Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci
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Women's Experience of Living with Vulvodynia Pain: Why They Participated in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Acupuncture.
Authors: Authors: Desloge AA, Patil CL, Glayzer JE, Suarez ML, Kobak WH, Meinel M, Steffen AD, Burke LA, Yao Y, Takayama M, Yajima H, Kaptchuk TJ, Takakura N, Foster DC, Wilkie DJ, Schlaeger JM.
J Integr Complement Med
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Do Placebos Primarily Affect Subjective as Opposed to Objective Measures? A Meta-Analysis of Placebo Responses in Insomnia RCTs.
Authors: Authors: Muench A, Giller J, Morales KH, Culnan E, Khader W, Kaptchuk TJ, McCall WV, Perlis ML.
Behav Sleep Med
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Are They Side Effects? Extraintestinal Symptoms Reported During Clinical Trials of Irritable Bowel Syndrome May Be More Severe at Baseline.
Authors: Authors: Ballou S, Hassan R, Nee J, Iturrino J, Rangan V, Cheng V, Conboy L, Kirsch I, Lembo A, Kaptchuk TJ, Kelley J.
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol
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