Giving Depressed Patients a Placebo Rather Than an Actual Drug

question 1

Multiple Choice

Giving depressed patients a placebo rather than an actual drug:

• A) has no impact on depression
• B) alleviates depressive symptoms in roughly one-third of patients
• C) causes some patients to report that they are better when they actually are not
• D) alleviates some depressive symptoms, but does not affect brain functioning

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