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Video 1: Placebo Effect As Good As Surgery for Outcome in Knee Pain

Description: This is a 6-min BBC Documentary that describes a research procedure in which participants either received real knee surgery or a placebo surgery. Procedures and results are discussed, and patients discuss their own experiences. The power of placebos becomes very clear through this video.

Video 2: Hypnosis for Pain Relief

Description: This 4-min video is a segment of BBC’s One Show shows how hypnosis is used for pain management and shows FMRI data to support the effectiveness of this approach.