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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.

Adequate relief in a treatment trial with IBS patients: a prospective assessment.
Authors: Authors: Passos MC, Lembo AJ, Conboy LA, Kaptchuk TJ, Kelly JM, Quilty MT, Kerr CE, Jacobson EE, Hu R, Friedlander E, Drossman DA.
Am J Gastroenterol
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The impact of psychological factors on placebo responses in a randomized controlled trial comparing sham device to dummy pill.
Authors: Authors: Bertisch SM, Legedza AR, Phillips RS, Davis RB, Stason WB, Goldman RH, Kaptchuk TJ.
J Eval Clin Pract
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Placebo response of non-pharmacological and pharmacological trials in major depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Authors: Authors: Brunoni AR, Lopes M, Kaptchuk TJ, Fregni F.
PLoS One
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Functional neuroanatomical investigation of vision-related acupuncture point specificity--a multisession fMRI study.
Authors: Authors: Kong J, Kaptchuk TJ, Webb JM, Kong JT, Sasaki Y, Polich GR, Vangel MG, Kwong K, Rosen B, Gollub RL.
Hum Brain Mapp
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The placebo effect: illness and interpersonal healing.
Authors: Authors: Miller FG, Colloca L, Kaptchuk TJ.
Perspect Biol Med
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A functional magnetic resonance imaging study on the neural mechanisms of hyperalgesic nocebo effect.
Authors: Authors: Kong J, Gollub RL, Polich G, Kirsch I, Laviolette P, Vangel M, Rosen B, Kaptchuk TJ.
J Neurosci
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Prescribing "placebo treatments": results of national survey of US internists and rheumatologists.
Authors: Authors: Tilburt JC, Emanuel EJ, Kaptchuk TJ, Curlin FA, Miller FG.
BMJ
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Herbal medicine research and global health: an ethical analysis.
Authors: Authors: Tilburt JC, Kaptchuk TJ.
Bull World Health Organ
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Authors: Authors: Kaptchuk T.
Nat Rev Drug Discov
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Do "placebo responders" exist?
Authors: Authors: Kaptchuk TJ, Kelley JM, Deykin A, Wayne PM, Lasagna LC, Epstein IO, Kirsch I, Wechsler ME.
Contemp Clin Trials
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