Stephen Straus
Stephen Straus
harnessing mechanism pain thinking wishful
Their wishful thinking that they're going to get better is harnessing the body's own mechanism for relieving pain.
activity energy hormones life responses stress
These hormones are important for patients' activity and their mood, their energy and responses to life stress in general,
improvement measurable wish
This is not the kind of improvement that I would wish for my patients, but it was a real and measurable improvement,
born larger proposing therapies
They know what they're doing, but their observations need to be born out in larger studies, and the therapies they're proposing need to be tested,
improvement justify mind noticed
We noticed too little improvement in my mind to justify the use of this treatment,