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Yes. Note that the studies were called "randomized controlled", not
"placebo-controlled". I suspect that many of these may well have used no
treatment as the control rather than a credible placebo condition. If so
the findings are no big deal, because we've known for a long time that
there's a substantial placebo effect associated with psychodynamic
therapy. Psychodynamic therapy does work. It just isn't any better than a
good fake treatment. And expensive.
It is a rare event that Steven and I agree, but I noticed this too.
There is a book just out, written by David Jopling, a philosopher here
at York, that argues that pretty well ALL forms of psychotherapy (not
just psychoanalysis) relies heavily on placebo effects for their
putative effectiveness. It is called _Talking Cures and Placebo Effects_
and is published by Oxford.
An interesting read. An interesting topic for class discussion.
Chris
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York University
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