ohsu to study 'expectancy effect' to treat brain disorders
portland, ore. - it's a question scientists have debated for more than 50 years: can a person's belief or expectation of overcoming an illness improve that person's overall health?
while this so-called "expectancy effect" may not necessarily influence the underlying cause of a disease, evidence suggests it can have an impact on a patient's health outcomes. a new, national institutes of health-funded research program at oregon health & science university aims to find out why.
the oregon center for complementary and alternative medicine in neurological disorders (orccamind) in the ohsu school of medicine has received a three-year, $2.4 million grant from the nih's national center for complementary and alternative medicine to develop "complementary and alternative medicine: expectancy and outcomes," or cameo.
cameo's goal is to develop expectancy effect models that can be used to study cognitive and physiological changes contributing to the phenomenon, ranging from perceived self-efficacy - the belief that a person can influence his or her own health outcome - to hormonal activity and genetic changes that affect the brain's neurotransmitter systems, such as dopamine, serotonin and opioid, said barry oken, m.d., professor of neurology and behavioral neuroscience in the ohsu school of medicine, and director of orccamind and cameo.
portland, ore. - it's a question scientists have debated for more than 50 years: can a person's belief or expectation of overcoming an illness improve that person's overall health?
while this so-called "expectancy effect" may not necessarily influence the underlying cause of a disease, evidence suggests it can have an impact on a patient's health outcomes. a new, national institutes of health-funded research program at oregon health & science university aims to find out why.
the oregon center for complementary and alternative medicine in neurological disorders (orccamind) in the ohsu school of medicine has received a three-year, $2.4 million grant from the nih's national center for complementary and alternative medicine to develop "complementary and alternative medicine: expectancy and outcomes," or cameo.
cameo's goal is to develop expectancy effect models that can be used to study cognitive and physiological changes contributing to the phenomenon, ranging from perceived self-efficacy - the belief that a person can influence his or her own health outcome - to hormonal activity and genetic changes that affect the brain's neurotransmitter systems, such as dopamine, serotonin and opioid, said barry oken, m.d., professor of neurology and behavioral neuroscience in the ohsu school of medicine, and director of orccamind and cameo.