re: #40 Aceofwhat?

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OTOH, the placebo effect is strongest in the mental health disciplines. if someone can turn to prayer, exorcism, yoga, meditation, etc. in lieu of medication and see real improvement, that is something to be celebrated.

if someone turns to the same things and does not see a physician and does not see improvement, that is something to be regretted.

A placebo should have no effect on someone with a serious mental illness. Other things like yoga or meditation may have therapeutic effect. I would then venture to guess that these people that are afflicted with “demons” already believe in “demons” and are thus going through some other form of mental derangement or hysteria. The very belief in demons will cause per-dispose them to taking on a persona of having been dominated by demons.