Uploaded August 2024 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago

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The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) hosted a virtual workshop on the placebo effect. The purpose of this workshop was to bring together experts in neurobiology, clinical trials, and regulatory science to examine placebo effects in drug, device, and psychosocial interventions for mental health conditions.

Topics included interpretability of placebo signals within the context of clinical trials, how to isolate active response from placebo effects, and psychosocial implications of placebo response.

The workshop was open to the scientific community and the public at large.