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'''Ted Jack Kaptchuk''' (born August 17, 1947) is an American medical researcher who holds professorships in medicine and in global health and social medicine at ]. He researches the ] within the field of ].


==Early life and education==
'''Ted Kaptchuk''' is an author, scholar, scientist and ] of medicine at ], where his research focuses on the ]. He earned his ] after five years of study in China in 1975.<ref>http://www.tedkaptchuk.com</ref> Following his return to the United States, he was clinical director of the Pain Unit at Boston’s Lemuel Shattuck Hospital. In 1990, he accepted a position as the associate director of the Center for Alternative Medicine Research and Education at the ] in Boston.<ref>http://www.osher.hms.harvard.edu/peoplebio.asp?name=kaptchuk</ref> In 2011, he became Director of the Harvard-wide ] and the Therapeutic Encounter, hosted at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.<ref>http://www.bidmc.org/Research/Departments/Medicine/Divisions/GeneralMedicineandPrimaryCare/ResearchFaculty/Kaptchuk.aspx</ref>
Kaptchuk was born in ], ];<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OmHoha6UmKUC |title=Contemporary Authors New Revision Series: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Non-Fiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, & Other Fields |year=2003|publisher=Gale |isbn=9780787667146 |page=282 }}</ref> his parents were both Polish ] survivors.<ref name=Nothing>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/12/12/111212fa_fact_specter|title=The Power of Nothing|author=Michael Specter|date=December 12, 2011|magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref> He holds a B.A. in ] from ], where he co-founded the university's chapter of ],<ref name=Nothing/> and a degree in ] from the ].<ref name=self>{{cite web|url=http://www.tedkaptchuk.com|title=Biography |author=Ted J. Kaptchuk|work=tedkaptchuk.com |accessdate=2019-02-11}}</ref>


==Career==
⚫ ==Selected bibliography==
Kaptchuk had an herbal and ] clinic in Boston for many years starting in 1976.<ref name=Nothing/> In the 1980s he was clinical director of the Pain Unit at ].<ref name=self/> In 1990, he became associate director of the Center for Alternative Medicine Research and Education at ], also in Boston.<ref name=Nothing/> In 2011, he became Director of the Harvard ] and the Therapeutic Encounter at Beth Israel Deaconess.<ref name=Nothing/><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://harvardmagazine.com/2013/01/the-placebo-phenomenon|title=Ted Kaptchuk of Harvard Medical School studies placebos |magazine=Harvard Magazine |date=January–February 2013 }}</ref> Although he does not have a medical degree,<ref name=Nothing/> he has been a faculty member at Harvard Medical School since 1998, a professor of medicine since 2013, and professor of global health and social medicine since 2015.<ref name=self/>


Working with ] and others Kaptchuk has led many studies of the placebo effect, including the role of ]s that identify people who people who respond best to placebos.<ref>{{cite news |author=Gary Greenberg |title=What if the placebo effect isn't a trick? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/magazine/placebo-effect-medicine.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 7, 2018 }}</ref> Some of this work suggests that placebos may still work despite disclosure that they are placebos.<ref>{{cite news |author=Alexandara Sifferlin |title=People are taking placebo pills to deal with their health problems—and it's working |newspaper=Time |date=August 23, 2018 |url=https://time.com/5375724/placebo-bill-health-problems/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Brian Resnick |title=A radical new hypothesis in medicine: give patients drugs they know don't work |website=Vox |date=July 11, 2017 |url=https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/6/1/15711814/open-label-placebo-kaptchuk }}</ref>
* Kaptchuk TJ. Placebo studies and ritual theory: A comparative analysis of Navajo, acupuncture and biomedical healing. Phil Trans Roy Soc B; 2011; 366: 1849-58.


Kaptchuk has served on panels for the ] and ], and worked as a medical writer for the ].<ref>Kaptchuk TJ, Croucher M. The Healing Arts. London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1986.</ref> He has written more than 300 peer-reviewed publications (h-index=100, i-index=275).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=QPOPbngAAAAJ&hl=en | title=Ted Jack Kaptchuk }}</ref>
* Grelotti D, Kaptchuk TJ. Placebo by proxy: Clinicians’ and family members’ feeling and perceptions about a treatment may influence their judgments about its effectiveness. BMJ 2011; 343:d4345: 1-2.


Kaptchuk has been awarded three Lifetime Achievement Awards including Society of Acupuncture in 2015, Society of Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies in 2021, and the William Silen Lifetime Achievement Award in Mentoring from Harvard Medical School in 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sips-conference.com/history/sips-conference-2021 | title=SIPS Conference 2021 }}</ref><ref>https://dicp.hms.harvard.edu/awards-and-recognitions/excellence-mentoring-awards {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
* Kaptchuk TJ, Friedlander E, Kelley JM, Sanchez MN, Kokkotou E, Singer JP, Kowalczykowski M, Miller FG, Kirsch I, Lembo AJ. Placebo without deception: a randomized controlled trial in irritable bowel syndrome. PLoS One 2010; 5:e15591.


On October 10, 2023, an article, entitled "No Better Than Placebo", in '']'' by Kaptchuk noted that some current medicines on store shelves were found to be "ineffective" (notwithstanding the "]" of the "]") based on studies and acted, if at all, as placebos. Kaptchuk concluded that "placebo effects can be significantly enhanced in the context of a supportive, respectful and attentive patient-relationship"<ref name="NYT-20231010">{{cite news |last=Kaptchuk |first=Ted J. |authorlink=Ted Kaptchuk |title='No Better Than Placebo' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/opinion/decongestant-placebo-medicine.html |date=October 10, 2023 |work=] |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20231010100302/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/opinion/decongestant-placebo-medicine.html |archivedate=October 10, 2023 |accessdate=October 10, 2023 }}</ref> after recalling his earlier studies showing that "non-specific effects can produce statistically and clinically significant outcomes and the patient-practitioner relationship is the most robust component"<ref>{{cite journal|first1=Ted J|last1=Kaptchuk|first2=John M|last2=Kelley|first3=Lisa A|last3=Conboy|first4=Roger B|last4=Davis|title=Components of placebo effect: randomised controlled trial in patients with irritable bowel syndrome|journal=BMJ: British Medical Journal|date=2008-05-03|issn=0959-8138|pages=999–1003|volume=336|issue=7651|pmid=18390493|pmc=2364862|doi=10.1136/bmj.39524.439618.25|first5=Catherine E|last5=Kerr|first6=Eric E|last6=Jacobson|first7=Irving|last7=Kirsch|first8=Rosa N|last8=Schyner|first9=Bong Hyun|last9=Nam|first10=Long T|last10=Nguyen|first11=Min|last11=Park|first12=Andrea L|last12=Rivers|first13=Claire|last13=McManus|first14=Efi|last14=Kokkotou|first15=Douglas A|last15=Drossman|first16=Peter|last16=Goldman|first17=Anthony J|last17=Lembo}}</ref> and "open label placebo could offer a possible supplementary intervention in some chronic conditions and an honest approach for a watch-and-wait strategy".<ref>{{cite journal|first1=Ted J|last1=Kaptchuk|first2=Franklin G|last2=Miller|title=Open label placebo: can honestly prescribed placebos evoke meaningful therapeutic benefits?|journal=The BMJ|date=2018-10-01|issn=0959-8138|pages=k3889|volume=363|pmid=30279235|pmc=6889847|doi=10.1136/bmj.k3889}}</ref>
* Kaptchuk TJ, Shaw J, Kerr CE, Conboy LA, Kelley JM, Lembo AJ, Csordas TJ, Jacobson EE. ”Maybe I made up the whole thing”: Placebos and patients’ experiences in a randomized controlled trial. Culture Med Psych 2009;33:382-412.


==Personal life==
* Kaptchuk TJ, Kerr CE, Zanger A. Placebo controls, exorcisms and the devil. Lancet 2009; 374: 1234-35.
Kaptchuk is an observant Jew.<ref name=Nothing/>


== Books ==
* Miller FG, Kaptchuk TJ. Deception of subjects in neuroscience: an ethical analysis. J Neurosci 2008;28:4841-3.
⚫ * ''The Web That Has No Weaver: Understanding Chinese Medicine'', New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983. {{ISBN|978-0-8092-2840-9}}

⚫ * ''The Healing Arts: Exploring the Medical Ways of the World'', Summit Books, 1987. {{ISBN|978-0-671-64506-9}}
* Kong J, Gollub R, Polich G, Kirsch I, LaViolette P, Vangel M, Rosen B, Kaptchuk TJ. An fMRI study on the neural mechanisms of hyperalgesic nocebo effect. J Neurosci 2008; 28:13354-62.
*Miller FG, Colloca L, Crouch RA, Kaptchuk TJ (eds). ''The Placebo: A Reader.'' Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.

* Kaptchuk TJ, Kelley JM, Conboy LA, Davis RB, Kerr CE, Jacobson EE, Kirsch I, Schyner RN, Nam BY, Nguyen LT, Park M, Rivers AL, McManus C, Kokkotou E, Drossman DA, Goldman P, Lembo AJ. Components of the placebo effect: a randomized controlled trial in irritable bowel syndrome. BMJ 2008;336:998-1003.

* Kaptchuk TJ, Stason WB, Davis RB, Legedza ATR, Schnyer RS, Kerr CE, Stone DA, Nam BH, Kirsch I, Goldman RH. Sham device versus inert pill: a randomized controlled trial comparing two placebo treatments for arm pain due to repetitive strain injury. BMJ 2006; 332:291-7.

* Kaptchuk TJ. Effect of interpretive bias on research evidence. BMJ 2003;326:1453-55.

== Published works ==
⚫ * ''The Web That Has No Weaver'', New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983. ISBN 978-0809228409
⚫ * ''The Healing Arts: Exploring the Medical Ways of the World'', Summit Books, 1987. ISBN 978-0671645069


== References == == References ==
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⚫ ==Selected publications==
#All the world's a stage: including the doctor's office: National Public Radio's Hidden Brain.
#Placebo: Can the mind cure you? https://gimletmedia.com/shows/science-vs/5whgzd/placebo-can-the-mind-cure-you


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Latest revision as of 11:08, 17 November 2024

American medical academic
Ted Kaptchuk in an NCCIH interview about the use of placebos in research

Ted Jack Kaptchuk (born August 17, 1947) is an American medical researcher who holds professorships in medicine and in global health and social medicine at Harvard Medical School. He researches the placebo effect within the field of placebo studies.

Early life and education

Kaptchuk was born in Brooklyn, New York; his parents were both Polish Holocaust survivors. He holds a B.A. in East Asian Studies from Columbia University, where he co-founded the university's chapter of Students for a Democratic Society, and a degree in Traditional Chinese medicine from the Macao Institute of Chinese Medicine.

Career

Kaptchuk had an herbal and acupuncture clinic in Boston for many years starting in 1976. In the 1980s he was clinical director of the Pain Unit at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital. In 1990, he became associate director of the Center for Alternative Medicine Research and Education at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, also in Boston. In 2011, he became Director of the Harvard Program in Placebo Studies and the Therapeutic Encounter at Beth Israel Deaconess. Although he does not have a medical degree, he has been a faculty member at Harvard Medical School since 1998, a professor of medicine since 2013, and professor of global health and social medicine since 2015.

Working with Kathryn T. Hall and others Kaptchuk has led many studies of the placebo effect, including the role of genetic markers that identify people who people who respond best to placebos. Some of this work suggests that placebos may still work despite disclosure that they are placebos.

Kaptchuk has served on panels for the NIH and FDA, and worked as a medical writer for the BBC. He has written more than 300 peer-reviewed publications (h-index=100, i-index=275).

Kaptchuk has been awarded three Lifetime Achievement Awards including Society of Acupuncture in 2015, Society of Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies in 2021, and the William Silen Lifetime Achievement Award in Mentoring from Harvard Medical School in 2022.

On October 10, 2023, an article, entitled "No Better Than Placebo", in The New York Times by Kaptchuk noted that some current medicines on store shelves were found to be "ineffective" (notwithstanding the "1962 Drug Efficacy Amendment" of the "Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act") based on studies and acted, if at all, as placebos. Kaptchuk concluded that "placebo effects can be significantly enhanced in the context of a supportive, respectful and attentive patient-relationship" after recalling his earlier studies showing that "non-specific effects can produce statistically and clinically significant outcomes and the patient-practitioner relationship is the most robust component" and "open label placebo could offer a possible supplementary intervention in some chronic conditions and an honest approach for a watch-and-wait strategy".

Personal life

Kaptchuk is an observant Jew.

Books

  • The Web That Has No Weaver: Understanding Chinese Medicine, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983. ISBN 978-0-8092-2840-9
  • The Healing Arts: Exploring the Medical Ways of the World, Summit Books, 1987. ISBN 978-0-671-64506-9
  • Miller FG, Colloca L, Crouch RA, Kaptchuk TJ (eds). The Placebo: A Reader. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.

References

  1. Contemporary Authors New Revision Series: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Non-Fiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, & Other Fields. Gale. 2003. p. 282. ISBN 9780787667146.
  2. ^ Michael Specter (December 12, 2011). "The Power of Nothing". The New Yorker.
  3. ^ Ted J. Kaptchuk. "Biography". tedkaptchuk.com. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  4. "Ted Kaptchuk of Harvard Medical School studies placebos". Harvard Magazine. January–February 2013.
  5. Gary Greenberg (November 7, 2018). "What if the placebo effect isn't a trick?". The New York Times.
  6. Alexandara Sifferlin (August 23, 2018). "People are taking placebo pills to deal with their health problems—and it's working". Time.
  7. Brian Resnick (July 11, 2017). "A radical new hypothesis in medicine: give patients drugs they know don't work". Vox.
  8. Kaptchuk TJ, Croucher M. The Healing Arts. London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1986.
  9. "Ted Jack Kaptchuk".
  10. "SIPS Conference 2021".
  11. https://dicp.hms.harvard.edu/awards-and-recognitions/excellence-mentoring-awards
  12. Kaptchuk, Ted J. (October 10, 2023). "'No Better Than Placebo'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 10, 2023. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  13. Kaptchuk, Ted J; Kelley, John M; Conboy, Lisa A; Davis, Roger B; Kerr, Catherine E; Jacobson, Eric E; Kirsch, Irving; Schyner, Rosa N; Nam, Bong Hyun; Nguyen, Long T; Park, Min; Rivers, Andrea L; McManus, Claire; Kokkotou, Efi; Drossman, Douglas A; Goldman, Peter; Lembo, Anthony J (2008-05-03). "Components of placebo effect: randomised controlled trial in patients with irritable bowel syndrome". BMJ: British Medical Journal. 336 (7651): 999–1003. doi:10.1136/bmj.39524.439618.25. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 2364862. PMID 18390493.
  14. Kaptchuk, Ted J; Miller, Franklin G (2018-10-01). "Open label placebo: can honestly prescribed placebos evoke meaningful therapeutic benefits?". The BMJ. 363: k3889. doi:10.1136/bmj.k3889. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 6889847. PMID 30279235.

Selected publications

  1. All the world's a stage: including the doctor's office: National Public Radio's Hidden Brain.
  2. Placebo: Can the mind cure you? https://gimletmedia.com/shows/science-vs/5whgzd/placebo-can-the-mind-cure-you

External links

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