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I wonder if just giving some people $7,000 a month would help with depression?

Ooh, this would be a really interesting 'placebo' control. Literally hand the patient the cost of providing the treatment as an alternative condition.

I like the active placebo in cash idea.

Funny, a physician friend once commented that the effectiveness of a placebo seems to be directly proportional to its cost :-)

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