BroScience Ep 8: Power of the mind

How important is the mind? Are we able to improve our health by taking a placebo? Ash King, provisional psychologist and PHD candidate, with special interests in the impact of social media on mental health and wellness, joins Travis and Craig in the latest episode of BroScience as they talk about anxiety, depression, creativity, perfectionism, self-care and goal-setting & motivation.

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References

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/is_the_placebo_effect_more_powerful_than_we_think

https://www.health.harvard.edu/mental-health/the-power-of-the-placebo-effect

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-placebo-effect-amazing-and-real-201511028544

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2558438/The-remarkable-power-PLACEBO-effect-Patients-FAKE-surgery-broken-recovered-just-documentary-reveals.html

https://journals.lww.com/pain/Abstract/2015/12000/Increasing_placebo_responses_over_time_in_U_S_.27.aspx

https://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.j674

https://journals.lww.com/pain/Abstract/2015/12000/Increasing_placebo_responses_over_time_in_U_S_.27.aspx

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