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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.

A microarray analysis of angiogenesis modulation effect of Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction on endothelial cells.
Authors: Authors: Song J, Chen WY, Wu LY, Zheng LP, Lin W, Gao D, Kaptchuk TJ, Chen KJ.
Chin J Integr Med
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Acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine for survivors of torture and refugee trauma: a descriptive report.
Authors: Authors: Highfield ES, Lama P, Grodin MA, Kaptchuk TJ, Crosby SS.
J Immigr Minor Health
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Restoring cerebral dopamine homeostasis by electrical forepaw stimulation: an FMRI study.
Authors: Authors: Chen YI, Ren JQ, Kaptchuk TJ, Kwong KK.
Synapse
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Antidepressants and advertising: psychopharmaceuticals in crisis.
Authors: Authors: Greenslit NP, Kaptchuk TJ.
Yale J Biol Med
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Scientific tools, fake treatments, or triggers for psychological healing: how clinical trial participants conceptualise placebos.
Authors: Authors: Bishop FL, Jacobson EE, Shaw JR, Kaptchuk TJ.
Soc Sci Med
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Profile of minority and under-served patients using acupuncture.
Authors: Authors: Highfield ES, Spellman L, Barnes LL, Kaptchuk TJ, Paradis G, Conboy LA, Saper R.
Complement Ther Med
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Catechol-O-methyltransferase val158met polymorphism predicts placebo effect in irritable bowel syndrome.
Authors: Authors: Hall KT, Lembo AJ, Kirsch I, Ziogas DC, Douaiher J, Jensen KB, Conboy LA, Kelley JM, Kokkotou E, Kaptchuk TJ.
PLoS One
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Open-label placebo for major depressive disorder: a pilot randomized controlled trial.
Authors: Authors: Kelley JM, Kaptchuk TJ, Cusin C, Lipkin S, Fava M.
Psychother Psychosom
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To tell the truth, the whole truth, may do patients harm: the problem of the nocebo effect for informed consent.
Authors: Authors: Wells RE, Kaptchuk TJ.
Am J Bioeth
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Informed consent and placebo effects: a content analysis of information leaflets to identify what clinical trial participants are told about placebos.
Authors: Authors: Bishop FL, Adams AE, Kaptchuk TJ, Lewith GT.
PLoS One
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