Vanda Faria

Editorial: Optimizing the therapeutic potential in clinical settings: leveraging placebos and mitigating nocebo effects

Faria, Vanda; Bernstein, Michael; Annoni, Marco; Furmark, Tomas et al.

Part of Frontiers in Psychology, 2026

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Investigating Placebos and Controls Used in Large Language Model-Based Chatbot Intervention Trials: Protocol for a Methodological Review

Druart, Leo; Faria, Vanda; Annoni, Marco; Torous, John et al.

Part of JMIR Research Protocols, 2026

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Generative AI in healthcare: challenges to patient agency and ethical implications

Holmes, Scott A.; Faria, Vanda; Moulton, Eric A.

Part of Frontiers in Digital Health, 2025

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Revisiting the SSRI vs. placebo debate in the treatment of social anxiety disorder: the role of expectancy effects, neural responsivity, and monoamine transporters

Furmark, Tomas; Wahlstedt, Kurt; Faria, Vanda

Part of Frontiers in Psychology, 2025

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Sex and age-related patterns in pediatric primary headaches: observations from an outpatient headache clinic

Faria, Vanda; Höfer, Berit; Klimova, Anna; von der Hagen, Maja et al.

Part of Frontiers in Neurology, 2024

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Editorial: Optimizing the therapeutic potential in clinical settings: leveraging placebos and mitigating nocebo effects

Faria, Vanda; Bernstein, Michael; Annoni, Marco; Furmark, Tomas et al.

Part of Frontiers in Psychology, 2026

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Investigating Placebos and Controls Used in Large Language Model-Based Chatbot Intervention Trials: Protocol for a Methodological Review

Druart, Leo; Faria, Vanda; Annoni, Marco; Torous, John et al.

Part of JMIR Research Protocols, 2026

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Generative AI in healthcare: challenges to patient agency and ethical implications

Holmes, Scott A.; Faria, Vanda; Moulton, Eric A.

Part of Frontiers in Digital Health, 2025

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Revisiting the SSRI vs. placebo debate in the treatment of social anxiety disorder: the role of expectancy effects, neural responsivity, and monoamine transporters

Furmark, Tomas; Wahlstedt, Kurt; Faria, Vanda

Part of Frontiers in Psychology, 2025

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Sex and age-related patterns in pediatric primary headaches: observations from an outpatient headache clinic

Faria, Vanda; Höfer, Berit; Klimova, Anna; von der Hagen, Maja et al.

Part of Frontiers in Neurology, 2024

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Neuroimaging the Development of Olfactory Function in a Woman With No Olfactory Bulbs

Faria, Vanda; Joshi, Akshita; Mignot, Coralie; Thaploo, Divesh et al.

Part of JAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, p. 81-83, 2024

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Dorsal anterior cingulate cortex activity during cognitive challenge in social anxiety disorder

Wlad, Magdalena; Frick, Andreas; Engman, Jonas; Hjorth, Olof et al.

Part of Behavioural Brain Research, 2023

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Impact of a 12-week olfactory training programme in women with migraine with aura: protocol for a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial

Faria, Vanda; Dulheuer, Jana; Joshi, Akshita; Wahl, Hannes et al.

Part of BMJ Open, 2023

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Placebos in pediatrics: A cross-sectional survey investigating physicians' perspectives

Faria, Vanda; Talbert, Cameron; Goturi, Nathan; Borsook, David et al.

Part of Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2023

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Neural Processing of Odors with Different Well-Being Associations-Findings from Two Consecutive Neuroimaging Studies

Joshi, Akshita; Hornstein, Henriette; Thaploo, Divesh; Faria, Vanda et al.

Part of Brain Sciences, 2023

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Recommendations for the development, implementation, and reporting of control interventions in efficacy and mechanistic trials of physical, psychological, and self-management therapies: the CoPPS Statement

Hohenschurz-Schmidt, David; Vase, Lene; Scott, Whitney; Annoni, Marco et al.

Part of BMJ. British Medical Journal, 2023

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Migraine with aura: less control over pain and fragrances?

Mignot, Coralie; Faria, Vanda; Hummel, Thomas; Frost, Marie et al.

Part of Journal of Headache and Pain, 2023

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Expectancy effects on serotonin and dopamine transporters during SSRI treatment of social anxiety disorder: a randomized clinical trial

Hjorth, Olof; Frick, Andreas; Gingnell, Malin; Hoppe, Johanna M. et al.

Part of Translational Psychiatry, 2021

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Expression and co-expression of serotonin and dopamine transporters in social anxiety disorder: a multitracer positron emission tomography study

Hjorth, Olof; Frick, Andreas; Gingnell, Malin; Hoppe, Johanna M. et al.

Part of Molecular Psychiatry, p. 3970-3979, 2021

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Symptoms of Depression in Patients with Chemosensory Disorders

Chen, Ben; Benzien, Cara; Faria, Vanda; Ning, Yuping et al.

Part of Journal for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, p. 135-143, 2021

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Higher- and lower-order personality traits and cluster subtypes in social anxiety disorder

Costache, Mădălina Elena; Frick, Andreas; Månsson, Kristoffer; Engman, Jonas et al.

Part of PLOS ONE, 2020

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Neural processing of olfactory-related words in subjects with congenital and acquired olfactory dysfunction

Joshi, Akshita; Han, Pengfei; Faria, Vanda; Larsson, Maria et al.

Part of Scientific Reports, 2020

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Verbal suggestions of nicotine content modulate ventral tegmental neural activity during the presentation of a nicotine-free odor in cigarette smokers

Faria, Vanda; Han, Pengfei; Joshi, Akshita; Enck, Paul et al.

Part of European Neuropsychopharmacology, p. 100-108, 2020

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Short or long runs: An exploratory study of odor-induced fMRI design

Han, Pengfei; Zang, Yunpeng; Hummel, Cornelia; Faria, Vanda et al.

Part of The Laryngoscope, p. 1110-1115, 2020

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Leveraging the Shared Neurobiology of Placebo Effects and Functional Neurological Disorder: A Call for Research

Burke, Matthew J.; Faria, Vanda; Cappon, Davide; Pascual-Leone, Alvaro et al.

Part of The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, p. 101-104, 2020

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Parental Attitudes About Placebo Use in Children

Faria, Vanda; Kossowsky, Joe; Petkov, Mike P.; Kaptchuk, Ted J. et al.

Part of The Journal of Pediatrics, p. 272-278, 2017

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Do You Believe It? Verbal Suggestions Influence the Clinical and Neural Effects of Escitalopram in Social Anxiety Disorder: A Randomized Trial

Faria, Vanda; Gingnell, Malin; M. Hoppe, Johanna; Hjorth, Olof et al.

Part of EBioMedicine, p. 179-188, 2017

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Combining escitalopram and cognitive-behavioural therapy for social anxiety disorder: randomised controlled fMRI trial.

Gingnell, Malin; Frick, Andreas; Engman, Jonas; Alaie, Iman et al.

Part of British Journal of Psychiatry, p. 229-235, 2016

• DOI for Combining escitalopram and cognitive-behavioural therapy for social anxiety disorder: randomised controlled fMRI trial.

The migraine brain in transition: girls vs boys

Faria, Vanda; Erpelding, Nathalie; Lebel, Alyssa; Johnson, Adriana et al.

Part of Pain, p. 2212-2221, 2015

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Serotonin Synthesis and Reuptake in Social Anxiety Disorder: A Positron Emission Tomography Study.

Frick, Andreas; Åhs, Fredrik; Engman, Jonas; Jonasson, My et al.

Part of JAMA psychiatry, p. 794-802, 2015

• DOI for Serotonin Synthesis and Reuptake in Social Anxiety Disorder: A Positron Emission Tomography Study.

Reduced Serotonin Synthesis after Pharmacological Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder

Frick, Andreas; Åhs, Fredrik; Appel, Lieuwe; Jonasson, My et al.

Part of Biological Psychiatry, 2015

Association between amygdala reactivity and a dopamine transporter gene polymorphism

Bergman, O.; Åhs, Fredrik; Furmark, Tomas; Appel, Lieuwe et al.

Part of Translational Psychiatry, 2014

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Amygdala-frontal couplings characterizing SSRI and placebo response in social anxiety disorder

Faria, Vanda; Åhs, Fredrik; Appel, Lieuwe; Linnman, Clas et al.

Part of International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, p. 1149-1157, 2014

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Enlargement of visual processing regions in social anxiety disorder is related to symptom severity

Frick, Andreas; Engman, Jonas; Alaie, Iman; Björkstrand, Johannes et al.

Part of Neuroscience Letters, p. 114-119, 2014

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Harnessing the Placebo Effect in Pediatric Migraine Clinic

Faria, Vanda; Linnman, Clas; Lebel, Alyssa; Borsook, David

Part of Journal of Pediatrics, p. 659-665, 2014

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Altered Amygdala but not Default Mode Network Functional Connectivity in Social Anxiety Disorder

Engman, Jonas; Frick, Andreas; Alaie, Iman; Björkstrand, Johannes et al.

Part of Biological Psychiatry, 2013

Symptom Improvement in Social Anxiety Disorder is Associated with Reduced Amygdala Reactivity to Emotional Faces

Alaie, Iman; Frick, Andreas; Engman, Jonas; Björkstrand, Johannes et al.

Part of Biological Psychiatry, 2013

Regional Gray Matter Volume of the Lingual Gyrus is Related to Symptom Severity in Patients with Social Anxiety Disorder

Frick, Andreas; Engman, Jonas; Alaie, Iman; Björkstrand, Johannes et al.

Part of Biological Psychiatry, 2013

Amygdala Subregions Tied to SSRI and Placebo Response in Patients with Social Anxiety Disorder

Faria, Vanda; Appel, Lieuwe; Åhs, Fredrik; Linnman, Clas et al.

Part of Neuropsychopharmacology, p. 2222-2232, 2012

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Amygdala response to SSRIs in social anxiety disorder

Engman, Jonas; Faria, Vanda; Appel, L; Åhs, Fredrik et al.

Part of International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, p. 230-230, 2012

Neural Correlates of Anxiety States in Patients with Social Anxiety Disorder

Engman, Jonas; Faria, Vanda; Appel, Lieuwe; Åhs, Fredrik et al.

Part of Biological Psychiatry, 2011

Genotype over-diagnosis in amygdala responsiveness: affective processing in social anxiety disorder

Furmark, Tomas; Henningsson, Susanne; Appel, Lieuwe; Åhs, Fredrik et al.

Part of Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience, p. 30-40, 2009

Habituation of regional cerebral blood flow to repeated symptom provocation in individuals with generalized and non-generalized social phobia.

Gingnell, Malin; Åhs, Fredrik; Appel, L; Linnman, Claes et al.

Part of Biological Psychiatry, p. 124, 2009

A Link between Serotonin-Related Gene Polymorphisms, Amygdala Activity, and Placebo-Induced Relief from Social Anxiety

Furmark, Tomas; Åhs, Fredrik; Faria, Vanda; Linnman, Clas et al.

Part of Journal of Neuroscience, 2008

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A differential cortisol response to stress after treatment of social phobia with a neurokinin-1 receptor antagonist o SSRIs.

Linnman, Claes; Åhs, Fredrik; Faria, Vanda; Michelgård, Åsa et al.

Part of Biological Psychiatry, p. 553, 2008

In a nervous voice: Acoustic analysis and perception of anxiety in social phobics' speech

Laukka, Petri; Linnman, Clas; Åhs, Fredrik; Pissiota, Anna et al.

Part of Journal of nonverbal behavior, p. 195-214, 2008

• DOI for In a nervous voice: Acoustic analysis and perception of anxiety in social phobics' speech

Effective brain connectivity in social anxiety disorder: a Bayesian approach

Ågren, Thomas; Bjurström, Anders; Åhs, Fredrik; Furmark, Tomas et al.

Part of Biological Psychiatry, 2007

Reward deficiency and anti-reward in pain chronification

Borsook, D.; Linnman, C.; Faria, Vanda; Strassman, A. M. et al.

Part of Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, p. 282-297, 2016

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Imaging the placebo response: a neurofunctional review

Faria, Vanda; Fredrikson, Mats; Furmark, Tomas

Part of European Neuropsychopharmacology, p. 473-485, 2008

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Neurotransmission: A review of PET and SPECT studies in anxiety disorders

Fredrikson, Mats; Faria, Vanda; Furmark, Tomas

Part of PET and SPECT in Psychiatry, p. 349-370, Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, 2014

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Revealing the biological underpinnings of tha placebo response

Faria, Vanda; Fredrikson, Mats; Furmark, Tomas

Part of Advances in Psychology Research, p. 85-104, Nova Science Publishers, 2010

Mind really does matter: The Neurobiology of Placebo-induced Anxiety Relief in Social Anxiety Disorder

Faria, Vanda

2012

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Amygdala and Default Mode Network Resting-State Functional Connectivity in Social Anxiety Disorder

Engman, Jonas; Frick, Andreas; Alaie, Iman; Björkstrand, Johannes et al.

2014

Neural processing of emotional faces in social anxiety disorder

Engman, Jonas; Faria, Vanda; Fredrikson, Mats; Frick, Andreas et al.

2012

No link between amygdala reactivity to emotional faces and fear conditioning

Ågren, Thomas; Björkstrand, Johannes; Engman, Jonas; Faria, Vanda et al.

2012

Subregional Amygdala Responsivity in Responders and Nonresponders to SSRIs in Patients with Social Anxiety Disorder

Faria, Vanda; Fredrikson, Mats; Furmark, Tomas

2012

Neural processing of emotionalfaces in social anxiety disorder

Engman, Jonas; Frick, Andreas; Wallenquist, Ulrika; Faria, Vanda et al.

2012

No link between amygdalareactivity to emotional faces and fear conditioning

Ågren, Thomas; Engman, Jonas; Frick, Andreas; Faria, Vanda et al.

2012

Differences in Amygdala Responsivity Between Responders and Nonresponders to SSRIs in Patients with Social Anxiety Disorder

Faria, Vanda; Appel, Lieuwe; Åhs, Fredrik; Linnman, Clas et al.

Part of Biol. Psychiatry 69, 70S-71S, 2011

Meta-Analytical Evidence for Segregating and Integrating Brain Activation to Symptom Provocation in Social Anxiety Disorder, Specific Phobia and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Fredrikson, Mats; Faria, Vanda; Ågren, Thomas; Engman, Jonas et al.

2011

Effective Connectivity of Fear Circuitry and Emotion Regulation in Specific Phobia

Ågren, Thomas; Faria, Vanda; Engman, Jonas; Furmark, Tomas et al.

2011

Pretreatment Anterior Cingulate Activity Predicts Amygdala Attenuation in Social Phobic Placebo Responders

Faria, Vanda; Åhs, Fredrik; Linnman, Clas; Pissiota, Anna et al.

Part of Biol. Psychiatry 67, 34S-34S, 2010

Influence of the COMT Val158Met polymorphism on amygdala reactivity in social anxiety disorder.

Faria, Vanda; Ågren, Thomas; Bah Rosman, J; Henningsson, S et al.

Part of Biol. Psychiatry 65, 126S-126S, p. 420, 2009

Serotonin-related genotypes but not diagnosis of social anxiety disorder predict amygdala responsiveness to angry faces.

Furmark, Tomas; Henningsson, S; Appel, L; Åhs, Fredrik et al.

p. 543, 2008

Serotonin-1A receptor allelic variation and brain endophenotypes: A PET study of social phobia

Faria, V; Rosman, J B; Henningson, S; Marschner, A et al.

2006

Changes in serotonin and dopamine transporter availability after combined treatment with escitalopram and cognitive-behavioral therapy in patients with social anxiety disorder

Hjorth, Olof; Frick, Andreas; Gingnell, Malin; Engman, Jonas et al.

Response expectancies shape the effect of SSRI treatment on serotonin and dopamine transporters in patients with social anxiety disorder

Hjorth, Olof; Frick, Andreas; Gingnell, Malin; Motilla Hoppe, Johanna et al.