Petkova, Eva; Tarpey, Thaddeus; Govindarajulu, Usha - In: International Journal of Biostatistics 5 (2009) 1, pp. 1152-1152
Non-specific responses to treatment (commonly known as placebo response) are pervasive when treating mental illness. Subjects treated with an active drug may respond in part due to non-specific aspects of the treatment, i.e, those not related to the chemical effect of the drug. To determine the...