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“The controversy started because in order to have a medication approved by the FDA as an antidepressant, it has to outdo the placebo statistically, which antidepressants do. But the difference between the response to the antidepressant and the response to the placebo is very, very small—it’s so small it’s clinically meaningless,” said Dr. Irving Kirsch in his discussion with clinical psychologist, Dr. Michael Yapko and Mindset Health’s Claire Davidson.
Mindset Health is running a randomized clinical trial in partnership with Monash University comparing the efficacy of an app-delivered gut-directed hypnotherapy program with psychoeducation in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Mindset Health speaks with Dr. Simone Peters about gut-directed hypnotherapy, diagnosing IBS, and the gut-brain axis.