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Effect of Shape of Medication in Treatment of Anxiety States

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

M. Z. Hussain
M. Z. Hussain*
Affiliation:
Victoria Union Hospital, 1200 24th Street West, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
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In the clinical evaluation of drug treatment, medical practitioners have long appreciated the fact that the response does not merely reflect the pharmacological effect of the drug. The manner in which the treatment is presented to the patient by his therapist is important and there is ample proof in the literature of the therapeutic effects of inert substances—the so-called placebo effects (1, 2). In psychiatric practice particularly, the halo effects of such factors are of considerable importance.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 120 , Issue 558 , May 1972 , pp. 507 - 509
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1972 

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