The Department of Endocrinology, 
The Sociocebo, Socioebo, Or Socebo Effect.
- Department of Endocrinology, Bharti Hospital, Karnal, India
- University Centre for Research & Development, Chandigarh University, Mohali, India.
- Department of Community/Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bathinda, India.
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
- Non communicable disease unit, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association Vol. 75 · Issue 2 · pp. 33-333
PMID 39948802 DOI 10.47391/jpma.25-11
Cite This Article
Sanjay Kalra, Madhur Verma, Nitin Kapoor. The Sociocebo, Socioebo, Or Socebo Effect. JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 2025;75(2):33-333. doi:10.47391/jpma.25-11
Abstract
The impact of the surrounding social ecosystem on the wellbeing of an individual is well known. Based on this concept in the brief article we propose a novel term called the socebo effect, which may be defined as the positive impact that occurs secondary to a change in the psychological factors associated with disease, the physician, the person-physician interaction, and/or the public and its healthcare ecosystem. These social comforters act as non drug interventions that help to improve the overall health related quality of life of a given individual. The socebo construct needs to be studied objectively, in both acute and chronic disease, including diabetes and obesity.
Keywords
- Chronic disease
- nocebo
- placebo
- psychosocial aspects
- social pharmacology
