A patient's belief in a treatment working,and the treatment subsequently "curing" the patient's ailment (with no scientific support),is known as
A)psychoanalysis.
B)phrenology.
C)psychophysics.
D)psychosomatic medicine.

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This phenomenon is known as psychosomatic medicine, where the belief or perception of the patient's illness is strongly influenced by their emotional or psychological state, leading to a perceived improvement in symptoms without any scientific evidence of the treatment's effectiveness.

A Patient's Belief in a Treatment Working,and the Treatment Subsequently