Fear was induced by the anticipation of electric shock in order to investigate whether fear
reduced the effectiveness of a placebo intervention on reported pain and the acoustic startle …

Objective The present meta-analysis investigates whether the magnitude of placebo analgesia
is different in patients compared with healthy individuals and whether placebo analgesia …

Children and adolescents have been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The
aim of this study was to explore the prevalence of traditional and digital bullying and mental …

The placebo effect is considered the core example of mind–body interactions. However,
individual differences produce large placebo response variability in both healthy volunteers and …

This study investigated the effect of a school-based and teacher-led psychosocial
intervention that targeted academic underachievement among conflict-affected youths. We …

Introduction Recurrent nightmares, frequently associated with traumatic experiences, may
impair quality of life and daily functioning. However, there have been few studies of …

Youth living with war and ongoing conflict are frequently exposed to potentially traumatic
events and cumulative stress which can result in temporarily impaired academic functioning …

Higher levels of fear have been shown to partly explain individual differences in placebo
analgesic responding. The catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) rs4680 Val158Met …

… In an earlier study (Forsberg & Thorvaldsen, 2022) we describe the societal situation during
the pandemic, with total lockdown for 2 months, followed by almost a full school year with …

The evolving situation in Lebanon is characterized by multiple crises that affect education
and can negatively affect a student’s school-functioning and mental health. The Ministry of …