假藥為什麼具傷害

Why bogus drugs far from harmless

30/01/2015

A mistaken belief in the efficacy of a bogus drug can make it harder for people to accept that genuinely effective treatments work, a new study has concluded.

一項新的研究結論，虛假藥物具療效的錯誤信念使人們更難接受真正有效的治療工作

According to research by the University of Duesto and the University of New South Wales Australia, published in the British Journal of Psychology, this trait could affect the decisions people make regarding what medical treatment to take.

據 Duesto大學和澳大利亞新南威爾士州的大學，發表在英國雜誌的心理學研究，這種特質會影響人們做出採取關於何種藥物治療的決定。

For instance, the study suggested it could influence the willingness of parents to get their children vaccinated.

Researchers acknowledged that false beliefs can sometimes have "psychological benefits", as they give people "a sense of control over life".

例如，研究表明它可能影響父母讓他們的孩子接種疫苗的意願。

研究人員承認，錯誤的信念有時有“心理福利”，因為它們會給人具“生活的控制感”。

However, they said they are not without risk, as this illusion can "interfere with the acquisition of evidence-based knowledge about the effectiveness of scientific medicine".

The study added that people who live in a location where pseudoscientific therapy consumption for a disease is widespread are particularly likely to develop false beliefs about what treatments will work.

不過，他們表示，這並非沒有風險，因為這種幻想可以“干擾科學用藥的有效性證據為基礎的知識”。

這項研究說，人們生活在用偽科學治療消除疾病的區域，普遍上特別容易罹患哪些治療方法將有效的錯誤觀念。

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