Download or read book The Ultimate Guide to the Placebo Effect written by Nicky J. Westen and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Researchers are fascinated with the brain's ability to manipulate the body's physiology in such a manner to effect powerful results. In fact, the placebo effect is becoming a stronger treatment than drugs such as Prozac. This book will not only explore the health aspects of Placebo, but also its daily and practical applications in the other facets of life to give you phenomenal outcomes! ================= TABLE OF CONTENTS ================= What is the placebo effect? Types of Placebos Real World Example Of Diet Placebos Examples of the placebo effect on physiology Dream of Placebo The Power of Meditation Be A Monk Visualize Athletic Prowess Weight Loss The Placebo Effect and Concentration The Placebo Effect and Mental Illness Mental Illness over Matter Nocebo: The Negative Effect Voodoo, Who Knew? Does the power of suggestion make real medicine obsolete? Suggestion Rules Types of Healing Benefits of the Placebo Effect Reduction of Anxiety Key to the Chemical Ignition The Healing from Fake Surgery Five Ways to Benefit From Placebo Effect in Your Daily Life Be More Productive Don't Worry, Be Happy Get Fit Get An Early Start Write The Great American Novel Fact or Fiction

Download or read book The Ultimate Guide to the Placebo Effect written by Nicky Westen and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you think your mind can heal your body? Or can your mind hurt itself at the mere suggestion of a disease? The placebo effect is a scientific phenomenon that miraculously heals some sick people or causing mysterious illnesses in others. The placebo effect can affect our daily lives, but it is easier to understand what the placebo effect is if you look at it from a scientific angle.Researchers are fascinated with the brain's ability to manipulate the body's physiology in such a manner to effect powerful results. In fact, the placebo effect is becoming a stronger treatment than drugs such as Prozac.This book will not only explore the health aspects of Placebo, but also its daily and practical applications in the other facets of life to give you phenomenal outcomes!=================TABLE OF CONTENTS=================What is the placebo effect?Types of PlacebosReal World Example Of Diet PlacebosExamples of the placebo effect on physiologyDream of PlaceboThe Power of MeditationBe A MonkVisualize Athletic ProwessWeight LossThe Placebo Effect and ConcentrationThe Placebo Effect and Mental IllnessMental Illness over MatterNocebo: The Negative EffectVoodoo, Who Knew?Does the power of suggestion make real medicine obsolete?Suggestion RulesTypes of HealingBenefits of the Placebo EffectReduction of AnxietyKey to the Chemical IgnitionThe Healing from Fake SurgeryFive Ways to Benefit From Placebo Effect in Your Daily LifeBe More ProductiveDon't Worry, Be HappyGet FitGet An Early StartWrite The Great American NovelFact or Fiction

Download or read book Placebo Effects written by Fabrizio Benedetti and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work critically reviews the mechanisms of placebo effects across all medical conditions, diseases, and therapies. Exhaustive in its coverage, and written by a world authority in the field, it is the definitive text on the placebo effect, and essential for researchers and clinicians in all medical specialities.

Download or read book The Placebo Effect written by David Rotenberg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this first action-packed novel in The Junction Chronicles, professor and acting coach Decker Roberts has the dangerous gift of detecting the truth—that turns into deadly curse. For years Decker’s rare sensory ability to discern the truth proved to be a lucrative sideline to his acting teaching. Only his closest friends know, and he keeps his "synesthete" identity secret from the companies that pay him to tell them if the people they are planning to hire are truthful. But Decker’s carefully compartmentalized life starts to fall apart. His house burns down, his credit cards are cancelled, his bank loan is called and his studio is condemned. He realizes that he must have heard something in one of his truth-telling sessions that someone didn’t want him to know. Decker has to go on the run and figure out why he’s been targeted. There’s also a government agent hunting him who seems to know absolutely everything about Decker Roberts’ identities, real and false—and other people of “his kind.” How will Decker find out which truth was endangering his life? Who betrayed him and revealed all his secrets? Decker needs to find answers quickly, before knowing the truth turns from a gift into a deadly curse.

Download or read book Surgery the Ultimate Placebo written by Ian Harris and published by NewSouth. This book was released on 2016-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A senior surgeon suggests that many commonly performed operations are not necessary and that any benefits they offer are a placebo. For many complaints and conditions the benefits from surgery are lower, and the risks higher, than you or your surgeon think. In this book you will see how commonly performed operations can be found to be useless or even harmful when properly evaluated. Of course no surgeon is recommending invasive surgery in bad faith, but Ian Harris argues that the evidence for the success for many common operations, including knee arthroscopies, back fusion or cardiac stenting, become current accepted practice without full examination of the evidence. The placebo effect may be real, but is it worth the recovery time, expense and discomfort?

Download or read book Placebo Effects written by Fabrizio Benedetti and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to critically review the mechanisms of placebo effects across all medical conditions, diseases and therapies. It is the definitive text on the placebo effect, and will be essential for researchers and clinicians in all medical specialties.

Download or read book Advanced Parenting Techniques Of Rebellious Teens The Ultimate Guide To Parenting Difficult Teens From Hell written by Suzzie Santos and published by Gem delos Santos. This book was released on 2015-09-27 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disciplining teenagers is a whole other beast than disciplining children. Teenagers are more than hormonal misfits, and it sometimes takes a delicate hand to figure what type of discipline works for each teenager. Unlike children, teenagers can comprehend the difference between right and wrong on an intellectual level. In fact, during the teenage years, teens figure out that the only reason there are starving people in the world is because of money. To them, that is a superficial reason to keep someone from eating. There is a certain level of idealism that comes into play when you are dealing with teens. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction What is your teenager acting out? Here are a few examples of acting out. 1. Emotional Problems Emotional Acting Out: 2. Relational/Social Problems Social Acting Out: 3. Functional Problems Functional Acting Out: Finding Solutions to Acting Out 1. Never Ask Why 2. One Issue at a Time 3. Offer Alternative Behaviors 4. Leave the Wishful Thinking in Your Dreams 5. Always Be a Role Model How to Handle Teenagers with Bad Attitudes What is Normal Teenager Behavior? Examining a Teenager's Brain Why do teenagers rebel? They are trying to find their own identity. Peer Pressure They want and need your attention Hormonal imbalance How to Change Yourself as a Parent How to Handle Your Teen's Outside Influences How outside influences can help? How to discipline your teenager for stealing? Are you ready to be a Golden Disciplinarian?

Download or read book The Ultimate Guide On Developing Conflict Resolution Techniques For Workplace Conflicts How To Develop Workplace Positivity Morale and Effective Communications written by Aiden Sisko and published by Gem delos Santos. This book was released on 2015-09-20 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If your goals include not only the enhancement of your company or organization as an entity, but a complete improvement of every department's performance? It is time for you to discover innovative ways to improve the workplace stress and atmosphere around you. These changes need to be conducive to achieving company and personal goals. In order to see the goals you have set actually come to bear fruit you will need to identify and cope with any type of conflict that exists in any situation!This book will help everyone in the company by providing you techniques that will enable everyone to clear up disagreements and conflicts. You will even be given tools that can convert disagreements into a creative force that benefits your company or organization.

Download or read book The Placebo written by Franklin G. Miller and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2013-08-14 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thorough collection of classic and contemporary resources about the placebo effect. The placebo effect is a fascinating but elusive phenomena. Although no standard definition of the placebo effect exists, it is generally understood as consisting of responses of individuals to the psychosocial context of medical treatments or clinical encounters, as distinct from specific physiological effects of medical interventions. The Placebo is the first book to compile a selection of classic and contemporary published articles on the topic. Systematic investigation of the placebo effect emerged in the 1950s in response to the development of randomized controlled clinical trials that used “inert” placebo interventions as a pivotal element of scientific evaluation of novel drugs. In recent years, scientific and scholarly investigation of the placebo effect has increased dramatically, reflecting a growing interest in the connection between mind and body with respect to health, the development of brain imaging techniques, dissatisfaction with the reductionist and technological orientation of biomedicine, and growing attention to the use of complementary and alternative medical treatments. The Placebo is organized into three sections: the nature and significance of the placebo effect, experimental studies of the placebo effect, and ethical issues of placebos in research and in clinical practice. This comprehensive sourcebook will be invaluable to investigators and scholars alike.

Download or read book Talking Cures and Placebo Effects written by David A. Jopling and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-05-29 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis have had to defend themselves from a barrage of criticisms throughout their history. In this book David Jopling argues that the changes achieved through therapy are really just functions of placebos that rally the mind's native healing powers. It is a bold new work that delivers yet another blow to Freud and his followers.

Download or read book You Are the Placebo written by Dr. Joe Dispenza and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it possible to heal by thought alone—without drugs or surgery? The truth is that it happens more often than you might expect. In You Are the Placebo, best-selling author, international speaker, chiropractor, and renowned researcher of epigenetics, quantum physics, & neuroscience, Dr. Joe Dispenza shares numerous documented cases of those who reversed cancer, heart disease, depression, crippling arthritis, and even the tremors of Parkinson’s disease by believing in a placebo. Similarly, Dr. Joe tells of how others have gotten sick and even died the victims of a hex or voodoo curse—or after being misdiagnosed with a fatal illness. Belief can be so strong that pharmaceutical companies use double- and triple-blind randomized studies to try to exclude the power of the mind over the body when evaluating new drugs. “In his paradigm-altering book, You Are the Placebo, Dr. Joe Dispenza catapults us beyond thinking of the placebo effect as an anomaly. Through 12 concise chapters that read like a true-life scientific thriller, Dispenza gives us rock-solid reasons to accept the game-changer of our lives: that the placebo effect is actually us, proving to ourselves the greatest possibilities of healing, miracles, and longevity! I love this book and look forward to a world where the secret of the placebo is the foundation of everyday life.” — Gregg Braden, New York Times best-selling author of Deep Truth and The Divine Matrix Chapters Include: Foreward by Dawson Church, Ph.D. Part I. Is It Possible? A Brief History of the Placebo The Placebo Effect in the Brain The Placebo Effect in the Body How Thoughts Change the Brain and the Body Suggestibility Attitudes, Beliefs, and Perceptions The Quantum Mind Three Stories of Personal Transformation Information to Transformation: Proof That You Are the Placebo Part II: Transformation Meditation Preparation Changing Beliefs and Perceptions Meditation Becoming Supernatural Dr. Joe does more than simply explore the history and the physiology of the placebo effect. He asks the question: "Is it possible to teach the principles of the placebo, and without relying on any external substance, produce the same internal changes in a person’s health and ultimately in his or her life?" Then he shares scientific evidence (including color brain scans) of amazing healings from his workshops, in which participants learn his consciousness shifting model of personal transformation, based on practical applications of the so-called placebo effect. The book ends with a "how-to" calming meditation for changing limiting beliefs and mental perceptions that hold us back—the first step in healing. You Are the Placebo combines the latest research in neuroscience, biology, psychology, hypnosis, behavioral conditioning, and quantum physics to demystify the workings of the placebo effect . . . and show how the seemingly impossible can become possible. “I discovered that if I could teach people the scientific model of transformation (bringing in a little quantum physics to help them understand the science of possibility); combine it with the latest information in neuroscience, neuroendocrinology, epigenetics, and psychoneuroimmunology; give them the right kind of instruction; and provide the opportunity to apply that information, then they would experience a transformation... This book is about: empowering you to realize that you have all the biological and neurological machinery to do exactly that. My goal is to demystify these concepts with the new science of the way things really are so that it is within the reach of more people to change their internal states in order to create positive changes in their health and in their external world.” — Dr. Joe Dispenza

Download or read book Science of the Placebo written by Harry Guess and published by BMJ Books. This book was released on 2002-03-15 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a meeting in November 2000, this book brings together researchers from a wide range of disciplines to examine the biological, behavioral, social, cultural and ethical aspects related to the placebo effect. Perspectives on the necessity for including a placebo in randomized clinical trials will also be examined. This is the first attempt to examine the evidence-base of the placebo effect and will provide important information for clinicans.

Download or read book The Persuaders Guide To Eliminating Resistance And Getting Compliance written by Jack N. Raven and published by Gem delos Santos. This book was released on 2015-09-17 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are a Persuader (who isn't), this book can teach you techniques of persuasion that will allow you to navigate the persuasion, and make your offers (or get them to do what you want) while minimizing -- even com,pletely eliminating resistance from their heads! The goal of this book is to introduce a special way of looking and treating the persuasion process, so that resistances are targetted and neutralized, while giving you unprecedented leverage in how to control people much more smoothly and consistently. You can collect all the trial closes and fancy shmancy persuasion techniques in the world -- but if you lack the innergame or how to see the whole picture? You wont successfully persuade and get the Compliance (acceptance of offer, target makes the desired action etc.)! If you can master resistance? You can master persuasion! And No persuader can succeed without mastering neutralization of resistance. For my readers interested in subjects on how to be a Spy, or on how to be a Con artist? Well this book does not cover those subjects directly, HOWEVER to learn how to spy for example requires the skillsets of getting compliance and simple resistance management -- which are indeed covered in this book. ============== Table of Contents ============== Table of Contents I - Nature of the Offer Targets TRUE need for the offer The Size of the Compliance People don't like to be sold to Pull back tactics Safety/Dangers/Integrity II External Factors Influencing Resistance or Acceptance Time Based on you or offers past performance Presentation of yourself and offer Future Projections Speed Decision making Values/Social Conditionings/Family/Corporate Values etc... Buyers’ Remorse Targets personal criteria and metaprograms Target's stock knowledge and experience about the offer at hand Positive or Negative effects the perception of the offer directly Relationship Dynamics/Frame Prospect in relation to the item Persuader’s relationship with the offer 3rd Party Opinions Social Proof positive or negative Advisers and Invisible decision makers III Compliance or Resistance Logical resistance They don't like you personally They decided on another offer Emotional or State based/BT Baby steps leading, to sneak past resistance

Download or read book The Essential Guide to Herbal Safety written by Simon Y Mills and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2004-12-23 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of American Botanical Council's 2005 James A. Duke Botanical Literature Award, the Essential Guide to Herbal Safety offers a balanced and objective perspective on the principles of herbal medicine safety as well as the complex challenges relating to self-prescribed or professionally prescribed herbal medications and supplements. With contributions from leading international practitioners and authorities, it contains comprehensive reviews, in monograph format, of the published safety data for 125 common herbs. You'll also find coverage of issues of quality, interactions, adverse reactions, toxicity, allergy, contact sensitivity, and idiosyncratic reactions. Provides the most current information on safety issues in herbal medicine. Presents authoritative and credible safety information from two experienced herbal practitioners. Combines theoretical chapters with 125 well-researched monographs, making it the most thorough and comprehensive text on the market for herbal safety in practice. Provides clear information using the most current evidence-based reviews, covering factors that influence herb safety, including the negative placebo effects (nocebo), various types of unpredictable effects, the basis for interactions between herbs and drugs, and quality issues. Uses an established grading system for assessing safety in pregnancy and lactation that is realistic and appropriate to herb use. Thoroughly critiques the dominant misinformation in the media and medical journals on herb safety issues. Contains 83 documented case studies on hepatoxicity and the effects in relation to kava. Kava safety is a hot topic. Includes two useful appendices detailing herbal references for pregnancy and lactation considerations.

Download or read book How Not To Give a Shit The Art of Not Caring written by Jack N. Raven and published by Gem delos Santos. This book was released on 2015-09-26 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Would you like to learn how to stop giving a damn?There are situations where we just need to remove emotional attachments to people and situations to function properly. Sometimes, it consumes us, we have to take drastic measures, alter our values, beliefs and perception of the world just to stop caring! In this book we go into great detail on the forces why we care (when this is not a luxury), and how we can temporarily (or permanently if you like) dismantle these elements that cause us to care! To liberate ourselves from caring too much, stop caring what others think-to make us emotionally detached and solid like a rock! If you want to possess this ability? A required skill set for Professionals in fields dealing with people e.g. persuasion, seduction, contact sales etc, then this book is a must-read! Arm yourself now and protect yourself from being over run by your emotions! Learn the Art of NOT caring and stop giving a flying f*ck! Warning! Some advice in this book may seem cold and heartless. I am merely giving you options! You don't have to use them all. Just use the mindsets or tools you're comfortable with. Table of contents Introductions Survival and Replication values Emotional Discharging Changing Mindsets Abundance Mentality A Dash of Superiority Complex The Psychopath Willpower Not Created Equal Pleasing Others For The Sake Of Pleasing World Realities Versus Your Own Reality Personal Bubble The Bufferzone Social Conditioning Know Thyself Why Do You Care Again? Ego Ego Feeding Frenzy Self-esteem Versus Ego Conclusions

Download or read book EQ Genius written by Gloria Moses and published by Gem delos Santos. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost everyone is familiar with IQ, or "Intelligence Quotient", a measurement of intelligence arrived at by tests of reasoning and comprehension. A little less well-known is EQ, which refers to emotional intelligence. We know what emotions are--happiness, sadness, fear, anger, boredom, surprise--but what, specifically, is the meaning of emotional intelligence? Simply put, emotional intelligence is the ability to perceive, understand, express and control emotions. At the most basic level, perception: being "in touch" with your emotions, as well as the emotions of others. When you feel bad, do you know specifically what you are feeling? Is it anger, fear, anxiety, sadness, or just boredom? How accurately you can evaluate your feelings is a measure of emotional intelligence. Another important component is how well you can correctly identify the emotions of others. Most of us tend to do this subconsciously, through the observation of facial expressions, body language, and vocal tone, as well as consciously, by listening to what others say (however, if those to whom you are listening are not well in touch with their own emotions, or have a reason to be duplicitous about how they are feeling, it's best to go with the non-verbal cues). ================= TABLE OF CONTENTS ================= Definition of EQ EQ Basics: Perception EQ Basics: Understanding EQ Basics: Expression EQ Basics: Management Is IQ more important than EQ? Figuring Out IQ and EQ Scores IQ Doesn't Always Help EQ Is Increasingly Favored by Potential Employers—and Voters Conclusions - Did EQ Win the Battle? What Are Signs of High and Low EQ? The Five Main Components of EQ Other Signs of High EQ Signs of Low EQ Going Overboard- the Dark Side of EQ Charismatic Manipulators When EQ is a Liability, Rather than an Asset How to Raise Emotional Intelligence Brush Up on the Basics Bonus!

Download or read book The Complete Guide to Complementary Therapies in Cancer Care written by Barrie R. Cassileth and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2011 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book guides the way through the often confusing maze of complementary and alternative therapies promoted to cancer patients and survivors. The functions, benefits, backgrounds and risks are clearly presented. --from publisher description.