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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.

"Let's see what happens:"-Women's experiences of open-label placebo treatment for menopausal hot flushes in a randomized controlled trial.
Authors: Authors: Pan Y, Frank ML, Kaptchuk TJ, Nestoriuc Y.
PLoS One
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Psychological Predictors of Response to Open-Label Versus Double-Blind Placebo in a Randomized Controlled Trial in Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
Authors: Authors: Ballou S, Haas JW, Iturrino J, Nee J, Kirsch I, Rangan V, Cheng V, Lembo A, Kaptchuk TJ, Kelley JM.
Psychosom Med
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Peppermint Oil Treatment for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial.
Authors: Authors: Nee J, Ballou S, Kelley JM, Kaptchuk TJ, Hirsch W, Katon J, Cheng V, Rangan V, Lembo A, Iturrino J.
Am J Gastroenterol
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Durability of treatment response to zolpidem using a partial reinforcement regimen: does this strategy require priming?
Authors: Authors: Perlis ML, Morales KH, Vargas I, Muench A, Seewald M, Gooneratne N, Grandner MA, Thase ME, Kaptchuk TJ, Ader R.
Sleep Med
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Surgeons' behaviors and beliefs regarding placebo effects in surgery.
Authors: Authors: Rosén A, Sachs L, Ekdahl A, Westberg A, Gerdhem P, Kaptchuk TJ, Jensen K.
Acta Orthop
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Open-label placebo vs double-blind placebo for irritable bowel syndrome: a randomized clinical trial.
Authors: Authors: Lembo A, Kelley JM, Nee J, Ballou S, Iturrino J, Cheng V, Rangan V, Katon J, Hirsch W, Kirsch I, Hall K, Davis RB, Kaptchuk TJ.
Pain
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Psychological Interventions for the Treatment of Chronic Pain in Adults.
Authors: Authors: Driscoll MA, Edwards RR, Becker WC, Kaptchuk TJ, Kerns RD.
Psychol Sci Public Interest
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Conditioned open-label placebo for opioid reduction after spine surgery: a randomized controlled trial.
Authors: Authors: Flowers KM, Patton ME, Hruschak VJ, Fields KG, Schwartz E, Zeballos J, Kang JD, Edwards RR, Kaptchuk TJ, Schreiber KL.
Pain
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Manipulating placebo analgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia by changing brain excitability.
Authors: Authors: Tu Y, Wilson G, Camprodon J, Dougherty DD, Vangel M, Benedetti F, Kaptchuk TJ, Gollub RL, Kong J.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Open-label placebo for chronic low back pain: a 5-year follow-up.
Authors: Authors: Carvalho C, Pais M, Cunha L, Rebouta P, Kaptchuk TJ, Kirsch I.
Pain
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