In March 2012, PiPS Associate Director Irving Kirsch, presented a plenary address at the 2012 Integrative Medicine & Health Congress in Portland, OR. The talk, “Placebo Therapy as an Ethical Alternative,” outlines Dr. Kirsch’s research of the placebo effect in depression and his suggestions for how these findings might transform health care. For a video of the lecture and slides, click here.
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Boston Globe: The Placebo Effect and Depression
PiPS Associate Director Irving Kirsch is interviewed in today’s Boston Globe. Read the full article here.
60 MINUTES | Treating Depression: Is there a placebo effect?
PiPS Associate Director Irving Kirsch discusses the placebo effect with Lesley Stahl on 60 Minutes this past Sunday.
Click here for the video, transcript and the “60 Minutes Overtime” show.
PiPS to be on 60 Minutes Sunday 2/19/12 7pm
PiPS Associate Director Irving Kirsch and his work examining the role of the placebo response in antidepressants will be featured on 60 Minutes this coming Sunday (February 19) at 7pm. For the preview of Irving’s conversation with Lesley Stahl and viewing information, click here.
Irving Kirsch in TIME: “New Research on the Antidepressant-vs.-Placebo Debate”
Irving Kirsch is quoted in this article addressing the question of why the data on drug treatment for anti-depression are so conflicted. Read the full article here.