Ted J. Kaptchuk

Holistic Medicine

Osher Institute/harvard Med School
401 Park Drive
Boston, MA 02215

Last Updated: 09/26/2026

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Found 194 publications

Beyond control in psychiatric research: systematic review and meta-analysis of placebo treatment responses across major psychiatric conditions in citalopram and escitalopram RCTs.

Beyond control in psychiatric research: systematic review and meta-analysis of placebo treatment responses across major psychiatric conditions in citalopram and escitalopram RCTs.

Journal: The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science

Published: August 25, 2026

Device sensitivity and false alarms can reshape regression-to-the-mean in simulated epilepsy trials.

Device sensitivity and false alarms can reshape regression-to-the-mean in simulated epilepsy trials.

Journal: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences

Published: August 20, 2026

The anatomy of regression-to-the-mean in simulated epilepsy trials.

The anatomy of regression-to-the-mean in simulated epilepsy trials.

Journal: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences

Published: August 20, 2026

The Placebo Effect and Long History of the Habit of Belief. How a Medieval Image Reveals the Power of the Invisible.

The Placebo Effect and Long History of the Habit of Belief. How a Medieval Image Reveals the Power of the Invisible.

Journal: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Published: June 29, 2026

Response to the comment on "Long-lasting effect of penetrating acupuncture among responders: Double-blind RCT of acupuncture for vulvodynia".

Response to the comment on "Long-lasting effect of penetrating acupuncture among responders: Double-blind RCT of acupuncture for vulvodynia".

Journal: The journal of pain

Published: March 11, 2026

Placebo treatments for cancer related fatigue: a reply to Jacobs et al. 2026.

Placebo treatments for cancer related fatigue: a reply to Jacobs et al. 2026.

Journal: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer

Published: January 26, 2026

Harnessing placebo effects and mitigating nocebo effects: implications for clinical practice in psychiatry and medicine.

Harnessing placebo effects and mitigating nocebo effects: implications for clinical practice in psychiatry and medicine.

Journal: The lancet. Psychiatry

Published: June 24, 2025

Effectiveness of conditioning + open-label placebo for post-operative pain management in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Effectiveness of conditioning + open-label placebo for post-operative pain management in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.

Journal: Pain management

Published: June 19, 2025

Effect of Acupuncture for Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: Study Protocol for a Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Effect of Acupuncture for Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: Study Protocol for a Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Journal: JMIR research protocols

Published: June 11, 2025

Corrigendum to "Protocol for double-blind RCT of acupuncture for vulvodynia" [Contemp. Clin. Trials Commun. (2022) 1-8 101029].

Corrigendum to "Protocol for double-blind RCT of acupuncture for vulvodynia" [Contemp. Clin. Trials Commun. (2022) 1-8 101029].

Journal: Contemporary clinical trials communications

Published: February 03, 2025

Long-lasting effect of penetrating acupuncture among responders: Double-blind RCT of acupuncture for vulvodynia.

Long-lasting effect of penetrating acupuncture among responders: Double-blind RCT of acupuncture for vulvodynia.

Journal: The journal of pain

Published: January 20, 2025

Comparing genuine and sham surgery for sacroiliac joint pain using self-assessments, pain testing, and neuroimaging.

Comparing genuine and sham surgery for sacroiliac joint pain using self-assessments, pain testing, and neuroimaging.

Journal: Pain reports

Published: November 20, 2024

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Last Updated: 09/26/2026