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Room:
Parallel room 2
Topic:
Clinical application - integrative approaches
Type of presentation:
Workshop
Duration:
60 Minutes
14:15 pm
Recognition and avoidance of Nocebo effects and negative suggestions
Prof. Dr. Ernil Hansen | Germany
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Author:
Prof. Dr. Ernil Hansen | Germany
Medical situations are hot spots in the life of a patient with potentially long lasting
effects arising from the use of either negative expressions or encouraging statements,
or the lack of empathy or a positive physician-patient relationship. Health care personnel
should be aware of and evaluate what patients are exposed to, hear and see. Knowing
more about the effects of nocebos and negative suggestions, combined with increased
attention to these matters, provides the basis for better recognition of detrimental
influences in their own clinical environment and to be able to avoid, stop or neutralize
them. Patients, their symptoms and their healing are negatively affected by the omission of placebo effects, by nocebo effects and by negative suggestions. The models of placebo and nocebo research, namely conditioning and expectation, can valuably be complemented by knowledge and experiences of hypnotherapy, namely trance, suggestion effects and therapeutic relationship.
Applications are presented and discussed including emergency medicine, informed consent, and surgical interventions,
Hansen E, Zech N: Nocebo effects and negative suggestions in daily clinical practice – forms, impact and approaches to avoid them.
Front Pharmacol 2019; 10:77. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2019.00077