Title of article
Avicenna’s no health without mental health
Author/Authors
Sanati, Abdi Goodmayes Hospital- Barley Lane - North East London NHS Foundation Trust, UK , Abou-Saleh, Mohammed T Qatar Addiction Treatment Rehabilitation Centre (QATRC), Qatar , Abou-Saleh, Mohammed T St George’s, University of London - Division of Mental Health, UK
From page
185
To page
187
Abstract
he medieval Persian Muslim physician and philosopher, Ibn Sina (Avicenna) exerted significant influence on Western medicine and thought for centuries. In this article we examine the convergence of medicine and humanities in work of Avicenna and how it was applied to mental health. We include some famous case histories and his ingenious therapeutic methods.
Keywords
Ibn Sina , Avicenna , Middle Eastern Psychiatry
Journal title
The Arab Journal Of Psychiatry
Journal title
The Arab Journal Of Psychiatry
Record number
2693251
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