Trying stuff randomly in the hopes of curing someone with no scientific basis has as much potential to do harm as to do good. Just because, after a bunch of ot

Trying stuff randomly in the hopes of curing someone with no scientific basis has as much potential to do harm as to do good. Just because, after a bunch of other crap, you do this one thing, and the patient suddenly gets better does not mean you caused their improvement. It also does not mean what you did won't have long term effects, which you cannot predict. Imagine someone thinks they are possessed but really aren't. Won't an exorcism strengthen the belief that they can be possessed? And couldn't that lead to a stronger imaginary possession in the future? You might have just traded some temporary peace for a more severe lifelong problem, but shortsightedly just looking at the immediate effects and assumed you discovered something novel. Giving form and substance to the delusions of a mentally ill person just seems rather ill-concieved.