Health Care

Nocebo Effect

An adverse effect occurring with a medical treatment that is not attributable to the actions of the treatment.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

An adverse effect occurring with a medical treatment that is not attributable to the actions of the treatment.

MeSH Record

Classification

Broader headings

Related Concepts

Knowledge Graph

Loading graph…

Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.

MeSH Record

Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Nocebo
  • Effect, Nocebo
  • Effects, Nocebo
  • Nocebo Effects

MeSH Record

Indexing Annotation

not restricted to drugs; IM general only

MeSH Record

History Note

2014

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. N05.715w.350.350.625w.500w
  2. N06.850w.490.734.875w.500w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Nocebo Effect. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D064786. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D064786
  2. Nocebo Effect. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocebo
  3. Nocebo Effect. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1332954