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This study aims to see if providing video recordings of long, complex clinic visits improves quality of life for people with ALS and their caregivers. It will enroll 400 patient-caregiver pairs to compare standard written visit summaries against summaries plus video recordings ov…

This study is testing a new smartphone app designed to help teenagers in rural areas manage feelings of anxiety. The app sends personalized tips and activities in real-time when a teen might need support. Researchers will work with 50 teens to see if the app is easy to use, helpf…

This study aims to understand if the way encouragement is given affects how people feel pain. Healthy volunteers will receive heat pain and different types of suggestions. Researchers will measure pain ratings, expectations, and physical responses to see if matching the suggestio…

This study investigates how online cannabis ads that claim to help with anxiety and depression affect what people buy. Researchers will have 2000 adults with symptoms of anxiety or depression use a simulated online cannabis store. They will test if these therapeutic claims make p…

This study aims to understand how the brain's natural pain-relief system is involved in the 'placebo effect' for both emotional pain (like rejection) and physical pain. Researchers will recruit 60 healthy adults who have recently experienced an unwanted romantic breakup. Particip…

This study aims to understand how the brain creates the placebo effect, specifically for pain relief. Researchers will use brain scans (fMRI) to see how watching someone else experience pain relief, combined with a person's own initial success or failure with a fake treatment, in…