A number of medical traditions are now widely known and used western medicines (using drugs and surgeries ), herbal medicines (using needles at certain points of the body), homeopathy (using minute doses of poisons), and so on. How important is a patient's mental attitude towards his or her treatment, in determining the effectiveness of the treatment. How important is a patient's mental attitude towards his or her treatment, in determining the effectiveness of the treatment.

 A number of medical traditions are now widely known and used western medicines (using drugs and surgeries ), herbal medicines (using needles at certain points of the body), homeopathy (using minute doses of poisons), and so on. How important is a patient's mental attitude towards his or her treatment, in determining the effectiveness of the treatment. 

How important is a patient's mental attitude towards his or her treatment, in determining the effectiveness of the treatment.

The concurrent times have witnessed the advent of a plethora of medicinal systems that offer respite from disease and ailments. However, many perceive that all these treatments fail to yield desirable outcomes unless the one subscribing to any of these systems adopts an optimistic approach.

The  mental preparedness of the ailing individual has a significant role in their obtaining relief from their sufferings. If  one does not have faith on the kind of therapy they are going to avail, they will hardly observe any change in their condition since they are unlikely to follow such methods appropriately, which will not bring around any improvements in their condition. Similarly, it is the positive mindset that persuades the sick to confide the details of their symptoms to the medical practitioners that allows accurate diagnosis of the disease and the method to be followed to treat it.

Furthermore, it is essential to be enthusiastic and hopeful to obtain  mitigation from a medical condition as only this will encourage patients to follow the prescribed medical intervention religiously - be it medicines, surgeries, or a therapy - in the prescribed format and duration. Not only this, the convalescent individuals will stay motivated for follow-up visits until and unless the doctors ask them to stop. Additionally,  it is the conviction which leads people into embracing changes in lifestyle and food habits as recommended by physicians. Various studies corroborate this notion, it has been revealed that only those who are confident of experiencing a freedom from pain and sufferings afforded by illness dedicatedly cooperate with their doctors, and receive fast relief.

Therefore, I believe it is the approach of the sick people that decides the fate and the effectiveness of the intervention they are receiving. It is their attitude that helps derive favorable outcomes.