90324 - General Psychology Workshop (C2B)

Learning outcomes

To be aware of the psychological effect on therapy efficacy.

Course contents

The role of the psychosocial context around the patient and the therapy.

Placebo and Nocebo Responses.

Frequent mistake in medical information disclosure.

The effect of first impression in the health care context.

Readings/Bibliography

1. Mattarozzi K., Sfrisi F., Caniglia F., De Palma A., Martoni M. What patients’ complaints and praise tell the health practitioner: implications for health care quality. A qualitative research study. International Journal for Quality in Health Care 2016, doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzw139
2. Blasini M, Corsi N, Klinger R, and Colloca L. Nocebo and pain: an overview of the psychoneurobiological mechanisms. Pain 2017; e585.
3. Benedetti, F (2012). L’effetto Placebo. Breve viaggio tra mente e corpo. Carocci Editore.
4. Benedetti, F (2013). Placebo and the new physiology of the doctor-patient relationship. Physiol Rev, 93:1207-46.
5. Mattarozzi K., Colonnello V., De Gioia F., Todorov A. I Care, even after the first impression: facial appearance-based evaluations in health care context. Social Science and Medicine 2017, 182, 68-72.
6. TODOROV, A., OLIVOLA, C. Y., DOTSCH, R., MENDE- SIEDLECKIL, P. (2014). Social Attributions from Faces: Determinants, Consequences, Accuracy, and Functional Significance. Annual Review of Psychology, 66, 519- 545

Office hours

See the website of Katia Mattarozzi