Not quite.
Placebo response: "I think this will make me better, so I get (or feel) better"
Nocebo response: "I think this will make me sick, so I get sick"<p>Interesting (if somewhat anecdotal) article on the nocebo response in relation to voodoo hexes, etc:
<a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227081.100-the-science-of-voodoo-when-mind-attacks-body.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227081.100-the-scien...</a><p>I thought I discovered this article via a comment thread on HN last month, but can't seem to find it, now.