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Irving Kirsch

Irving Kirsch

Title: Professor Emeritus

Departmental Program: Clinical

E-mail: i.kirsch@hull.ac.uk

Phone: 44 (0)1482 465593

Irving Kirsch, PhD
Professor of Psychology
University of Hull
Cottingham Road
Hull, HU6 7RX
UK

 

Preferred Means of Contact: E-mail

 

Research Interests:

  • Depression
  • Antidepressants
  • Placebo effects
  • Hypnosis

Representative Publications:

  • Kirsch, I. (2010).  The emperor’s new drugs: Exploding the antidepressant myth. New York: Basic Books.
  • Lynn, S. J., Rhue, J. W., & Kirsch, I. (2010).  Handbook of clinical hypnosis (2nd edition). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
  • Kirsch, I., Deacon, B.J., Huedo-Medina, T.B., Scoboria, A., Moore, T.J., & Johnson, B.T. (2008) Initial severity and antidepressant benefits: A meta-analysis of data submitted to the Food and Drug Administration. PLoS Medicine 5(2): e45. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050045.
  • Kong, J., Gollub, R. L., Polich, G., Kirsch, I., LaViolette, P., Vangel, M., et al. (2008). An fMRI study on the neural mechanisms of hyperalgesic nocebo effect. Journal of Neuroscience, 28 (49), 13354 –13362.
  • Kaptchuk TJ, Kelley JM, Conboy LA, Davis RB, Kerr CE, Jacobson EE, Kirsch I, Schyner RN, Nam  BY, Nguyen LT, Park M, Rivers AL, McManus C, Kokkotou E, Drossman DA, Goldman P, Lembo  AJ. (2008). Components of the Placebo Effect:  A randomized controlled trial in irritable bowel syndrome.  British Medical Journal, 336, 998-1003.
  • Mazzoni, G., Foan, L., Hyland, M., & Kirsch, I. (in press). The effects of observation and gender on psychogenic symptoms. Health Psychology.