Placebo Blog Posts

• MDMA-assisted therapy for depression: a promising but early first step

  01 May 2026

  • Raphael Rifkin-Zybutz

  
• Antidepressant discontinuation symptoms: what do the data really tell us?

  14 Nov 2024

  • Gemma Lewis
  • and Glyn Lewis

  
• Nocebo response in third molar analgesic trials

  27 Mar 2023

  • Derek Richards

  
• Antidepressants, cognition, and emotional blunting: what’s the evidence?

  06 Mar 2023

  • Angharad de Cates

  
• Antidepressants for youth depression: Cochrane review confirms they should not be the first port of call

  26 May 2021

  • Susannah Murphy

  
• Occlusal stabilisation appliances for temporomandibular disorders

  17 Mar 2021

  • Derek Richards

  
• Antifungal drugs for oral candidiasis

  08 Apr 2020

  • Derek Richards

  
• Lasers for dentine hypersensitivity a network meta-analysis

  23 Oct 2019

  • Derek Richards

  
• Desensitising toothpastes for dentine hypersensitivity a network meta-analysis

  13 Sep 2019

  • Derek Richards

  
• CBT for anxiety: new meta-analysis confirms significant improvements to target symptoms

  16 Jul 2018

  • Inês Pote