title: Effects of alcoholics' expectation of a drink.
abstract: The expectation of receiving alcohol influenced the drinking behavior of alcoholics and social drinkers resulting in increases in the amount of placebo consumed and higher estimates by both alcoholics and social drinkers of the percentage of alcohol in the placebo.
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004327:Drinking Behavior; D006801:Humans; D010919:Placebos; D012201:Reward
chemical_list: D010919:Placebos