Chris Masterjohn, PhD
Placebos are more effective than drugs for depression.Before you stop me and say "false, drugs outperform placebos," you are correct, they do.But placebos are 40% effective and drugs 54% effective, which means that 74% of the drug's effect is explained by the placebo effect.In order to properly understand this you have to realize that every treatment *is* a placebo.The point of comparing it to the placebo is to subtract the proportion of its impact explained by the placebo effect.So, 74% of a drug's effect is placebo, and 26% of it is biochemical.That means that the placebo effect is 2.8 times more powerful than the pharmacological effect of the drug's biochemistry!
2 months ago | [YT] | 50
Chris Masterjohn, PhD
Placebos are more effective than drugs for depression.
Before you stop me and say "false, drugs outperform placebos," you are correct, they do.
But placebos are 40% effective and drugs 54% effective, which means that 74% of the drug's effect is explained by the placebo effect.
In order to properly understand this you have to realize that every treatment *is* a placebo.
The point of comparing it to the placebo is to subtract the proportion of its impact explained by the placebo effect.
So, 74% of a drug's effect is placebo, and 26% of it is biochemical.
That means that the placebo effect is 2.8 times more powerful than the pharmacological effect of the drug's biochemistry!
2 months ago | [YT] | 50