Psychiatric Thoughts in Ancient India*

A review of the literature regarding psychiatric thoughts in ancient India is attempted. Besides interesting reading, many of the concepts are still relevant and can be used in day-to-day practice especially towards healthy and happy living. Certain concepts are surprisingly contemporary and valid t...

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Autor principal: Abhyankar, Ravi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:
BPS Presidential Address 1988
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4381323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25838724
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1229.153304
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spelling pubmed-43813232015-04-02 Psychiatric Thoughts in Ancient India* Abhyankar, Ravi Mens Sana Monogr BPS Presidential Address 1988 A review of the literature regarding psychiatric thoughts in ancient India is attempted. Besides interesting reading, many of the concepts are still relevant and can be used in day-to-day practice especially towards healthy and happy living. Certain concepts are surprisingly contemporary and valid today. They can be used in psychotherapy and counselling and for promoting mental health. However, the description and classification of mental illness is not in tune with modern psychiatry. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4381323/ /pubmed/25838724 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1229.153304 Text en Copyright: © Mens Sana Monographs http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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