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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.

Conditioning open-label placebo: a pilot pharmacobehavioral approach for opioid dose reduction and pain control.
Authors: Authors: Morales-Quezada L, Mesia-Toledo I, Estudillo-Guerra A, O'Connor KC, Schneider JC, Sohn DJ, Crandell DM, Kaptchuk T, Zafonte R.
Pain Rep
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"Honorable Toward Your Whole Self": Experiences of the Body in Fatigued Breast Cancer Survivors.
Authors: Authors: Penner C, Zimmerman C, Conboy L, Kaptchuk T, Kerr C.
Front Psychol
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A 4-Month Whole-Systems Ayurvedic Medicine Nutrition and Lifestyle Intervention Is Feasible and Acceptable for Breast Cancer Survivors: Results of a Single-Arm Pilot Clinical Trial.
Authors: Authors: Dhruva A, Wu C, Miaskowski C, Hartogensis W, Rugo HS, Adler SR, Kaptchuk TJ, Kelkar R, Agarawal S, Vadodaria A, Garris E, Hecht FM.
Glob Adv Health Med
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Nocebo Effects in Concussion: Is All That Is Told Beneficial?
Authors: Authors: Polich G, Iaccarino MA, Kaptchuk TJ, Morales-Quezada L, Zafonte R.
Am J Phys Med Rehabil
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Placebo Effects of Nurses' Communication alongside Standard Medical Care on Pain and Other Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Clinical Tonsillectomy Care.
Authors: Authors: van Vliet LM, Godfried MB, van Deelen GW, Kaunang M, Kaptchuk TJ, van Dulmen S, Thiel B, Bensing JM.
Psychother Psychosom
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Catechol-O-Methyltransferase and Cardiovascular Disease: MESA.
Authors: Authors: Hall KT, Battinelli E, Chasman DI, Ridker PM, Psaty BM, Rotter JI, Kaptchuk TJ, Tracy RP, Wassel CL, Mukamal KJ.
J Am Heart Assoc
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Placebo Response in Chronic Idiopathic Constipation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Authors: Authors: Nee J, Sugarman MA, Ballou S, Katon J, Rangan V, Singh P, Zubiago J, Kaptchuk TJ, Lembo A.
Am J Gastroenterol
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Neurofeedback impacts cognition and quality of life in pediatric focal epilepsy: An exploratory randomized double-blinded sham-controlled trial.
Authors: Authors: Morales-Quezada L, Martinez D, El-Hagrassy MM, Kaptchuk TJ, Sterman MB, Yeh GY.
Epilepsy Behav
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Non-concealed placebo treatment for menopausal hot flushes: Study protocol of a randomized-controlled trial.
Authors: Authors: Pan Y, Meister R, Löwe B, Winkelmann A, Kaptchuk TJ, Buhling KJ, Nestoriuc Y.
Trials
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Open-label dose-extending placebos for opioid use disorder: a protocol for a randomised controlled clinical trial with methadone treatment.
Authors: Authors: Belcher AM, Cole TO, Greenblatt AD, Hoag SW, Epstein DH, Wagner M, Billing AS, Massey E, Hamilton KR, Kozak ZK, Welsh CJ, Weintraub E, Wickwire EM, Wish ED, Kaptchuk TJ, Colloca L.
BMJ Open
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