Madness in ancient India: Concept of insanity in Charaka Samhita (1st century A.D.)

There is a paper devoted to insanity in an ancient Indian treatise on medicine. The concept of insanity and the rational and empirical elements in this text are discussed with its implications for modern psychiatry.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Comprehensive psychiatry 1984-05, Vol.25 (3), p.335-344
1. Verfasser:	Haldipur, C.V.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Culture History of medicine History, Ancient Humans India Medical sciences Medicine, Ayurvedic Mental Disorders - history Miscellaneous Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
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Zusammenfassung:	There is a paper devoted to insanity in an ancient Indian treatise on medicine. The concept of insanity and the rational and empirical elements in this text are discussed with its implications for modern psychiatry.
ISSN:	0010-440X 1532-8384
DOI:	10.1016/0010-440X(84)90066-X