The mind controls so much of the body. We are much more than flesh and blood we are complex systems. Patients do better when they have faith that they're going to do better. That's why I always tell my patients and their families not to neglect their prayers. There's nobody I don't say that to.
Now for my own case I bless the Lord that for all that hath been said of me my conscience doth not condemn me. I do not say I am free of sin but I am at peace with God through a slain Mediator and I believe that there is no salvation but only in Christ.
Imagination the traitor of the mind has taken my solitude and slain it.
If one of two lovers is loyal and the other jealous and false how may their friendship last for Love is slain!
The main reason for the failure of the modern medical science is that it is dealing with results and not causes. Nothing more than the patching up of those attacked and the burying of those who are slain without a thought being given to the real strong hold.
Although you may spend your life killing You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger your real enemy will be slain.