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by sumthingsumthng
994 days ago
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Does anybody know something like a "feel taken care of"-illusion or fallacy? Like when you regularly visit your shrink or a doctor or someone who has the appearance of a medical professional who does stuff or talks about stuff that seems medical and he or she and the whole thing is basically a placebo but it's actual meaning and purpose is to have you in the center for a couple of minutes and the whole damn thing adds up over time and you start to feel better because there are actual people focused on making your life in this life better. And these people have secretaries and assistants and there's management and administration and even a freaking janitor who waters real plants in a place that zooms in on you and whatever the fuck it is that makes you go there? |
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Some of these studies replicate the effect for veterinarians as well (the effect is on the pet owner, in those scenarios, though it would be amusing if such an effect could be demonstrated on pets' health outcomes).
I imagine that the halo of being exposed to multiple such markers (even indirect ones such as you've suggested) for professionalism and care will reinforce this effect, and so would repeated exposure, though all this suggests is that patients would be more likely to report that they feel their treatment is working, which might be different than an improvement in actual clinical outcomes.