Placebo and Pain. From Bench to Bedside

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Page ix, Luana Colloca, Magne Arve Flaten, Karin Meissner
Contributors, Pages xi-xii, Per M. Aslaksen, Fabrizio Benedetti, Ulrike Bingel, Christopher Brown, Christian Büchel, Ben Colagiuri, Luana Colloca, Cindy Crawford, Bettina K. Doering, Falk Eippert, Wael El-Deredy, Paul Enck, Damien Finniss, Arnstein Finset, Magne Arve Flaten, Herta Flor, Elisa Frisaldi, Randy L. Gollub, Jian-You Guo, Martin Ingvar,  et al.
Chapter 1 - Historical Aspects of Placebo Analgesia, Pages 1-8, Damien Finniss
Chapter 2 - Neurochemistry of Placebo Analgesia: Opioids, Cannabinoids and Cholecystokinin, Pages 9-14, Fabrizio Benedetti, Elisa Frisaldi
Chapter 3 - Placebo Analgesia in Rodents, Pages 15-24, Jian-You Guo, Jin-Yan Wang, Fei Luo
Chapter 4 - Molecular Mechanisms of Placebo Responses in Humans, Pages 25-36, Marta Peciña, Jon-Kar Zubieta
Chapter 5 - How does EEG Contribute to Our Understanding of the Placebo Response?: Insights from the Perspective of Bayesian Inference, Pages 37-43, Anthony Jones, Christopher Brown, Wael El-Deredy
Chapter 6 - Spinal Mechanisms of Placebo Analgesia and Nocebo Hyperalgesia: Descending Inhibitory and Facilitatory Influences, Pages 45-52, Serge Marchand
Chapter 7 - Spinal and Supraspinal Mechanisms of Placebo Analgesia, Pages 53-71, Falk Eippert, Christian Büchel
Chapter 8 - Positive and Negative Emotions and Placebo Analgesia, Pages 73-81, Magne Arve Flaten, Per M. Aslaksen, Peter S. Lyby
Chapter 9 - Placing Placebo in Normal Brain Function with Neuroimaging, Pages 83-88, Martin Ingvar, Predrag Petrovic, Karin Jensen
Chapter 10 - Brain Predictors of Individual Differences in Placebo Responding, Pages 89-102, Leonie Koban, Luka Ruzic, Tor D. Wager
Chapter 11 - Placebo Responses, Antagonistic Responses, and Homeostasis, Pages 103-113, Magne Arve Flaten
Chapter 12 - Placebo Analgesia, Nocebo Hyperalgesia, and Acupuncture, Pages 115-126, Jian Kong, Randy L. Gollub
Chapter 13 - The Relevance of Placebo and Nocebo Mechanisms for Analgesic Treatments, Pages 127-136, Ulrike Bingel
Chapter 14 - How Placebo Responses are Formed: From Bench to Bedside, Pages 137-148, Luana Colloca
Chapter 15 - Methodologic Aspects of Placebo Research, Pages 149-157, Magne Arve Flaten, Karin Meissner, Luana Colloca
Chapter 16 - Balanced Placebo Design, Active Placebos, and Other Design Features for Identifying, Minimizing and Characterizing the Placebo Response, Pages 159-173, Paul Enck, Katja Weimer, Sibylle Klosterhalfen
Chapter 17 - Psychological Processes that can Bias Responses to Placebo Treatment for Pain, Pages 175-182, Ben Colagiuri, Peter F. Lovibond
Chapter 18 - Against ‘Placebo.’ The Case for Changing our Language, and for the Meaning Response, Pages 183-188, Daniel E. Moerman
Chapter 19 - Placebo Effects in Complementary and Alternative Medicine: The Self-Healing Response, Pages 189-202, Harald Walach
Chapter 20 - Conceptualizations and Magnitudes of Placebo Analgesia Effects Across Meta-Analyses and Experimental Studies, Pages 203-213, Lene Vase, Gitte Laue Petersen
Chapter 21 - The Contribution of Desire, Expectation, and Reduced Negative Emotions to Placebo Anti-Hyperalgesia in Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Pages 215-226, Donald D. Price, Lene Vase
Chapter 22 - The Wound that Heals: Placebo, Pain and Surgery, Pages 227-233, Wayne B. Jonas, Cindy Crawford, Karin Meissner, Luana Colloca
Chapter 23 - What are the Best Placebo Interventions for the Treatment of Pain?, Pages 235-242, Karin Meissner, Klaus Linde
Chapter 24 - How Communication between Clinicians and Patients may Impact Pain Perception, Pages 243-256, Arnstein Finset
Chapter 25 - Nocebos in Daily Clinical Practice: The Potential Side Effects of the Treatment Context and the Patient–Doctor Interaction on Pain in Clinical Populations, Pages 257-266, Bettina K. Doering, Winfried Rief
Chapter 26 - The Potential of the Analgesic Placebo Effect in Clinical Practice – Recommendations for Pain Management, Pages 267-275, Regine Klinger, Herta Flor
Chapter 27 - Placebo and Nocebo: Ethical Challenges and Solutions, Pages 277-286, Luana Colloca, Franklin G. Miller
Index, Pages 287-292
Color Plates, Pages 1-16