Irving Kirsch
Irving Kirsch
Irving Kirschis Associate Director of the Program in Placebo Studies and a lecturer in medicine at the Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is also professor emeritus of psychology at the Universities of Hull and Plymouth in the United Kingdom, and the University of Connecticut in the United States. Kirsch is noted for his research on placebo effects, antidepressants, expectancy, and hypnosis. He is the originator of response expectancy theory, and his analyses of clinical trials...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth7 March 1943
CountryUnited States of America
Irving Kirsch quotes about
Nocebos often cause a physical effect, but it's not a physically produced effect. What's the cause? In many cases, it's an unanswered question.
There seems little reason to prescribe anti-depressant medication to any but the most severely depressed patients.