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Gojimaster said:

Sounds like the placebo effect is live and well...

 

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if it has a negative effect, it would actually be called the "Nocebo" effect



“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”

- George Orwell, ‘1984’