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World J Psychiatr. Jun 22, 2014; 4(2): 37-41
Published online Jun 22, 2014. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v4.i2.37
Published online Jun 22, 2014. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v4.i2.37
Melancholia in medieval Persian literature: The view of Hidayat of Al-Akhawayni
Behnam Dalfardi, Hassan Yarmohammadi, Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz 7139748479, Iran
Behnam Dalfardi, Hassan Yarmohammadi, Research Office for the History of Persian Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz 7139748479, Iran
Ahmad Ghanizadeh, Research Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Hafez Hospital, Shiraz 3478671946, Iran
Author contributions: Dalfardi B, Yarmohammadi H and Ghanizadeh A contributed to this work; Dalfardi B, Yarmohammadi H and Ghanizadeh A designed the study; Dalfardi B and Yarmohammadi H reviewed Hidayat of Al-Akhawayni; Ghanizadeh A compared Al-Akhawayni’s statements to modern medicine; Dalfardi B, Yarmohammadi H and Ghanizadeh A wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Hassan Yarmohammadi, MD, Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Neshat Street, Shiraz 7139748479, Iran. yarmohammadihassan@yahoo.com
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Received: January 3, 2014
Revised: February 27, 2014
Accepted: May 16, 2014
Published online: June 22, 2014
Revised: February 27, 2014
Accepted: May 16, 2014
Published online: June 22, 2014
Core Tip
Core tip: The 10th century Persian scholar, Al-Akhawayni Bukhari (?-983 AD), investigated melancholia and described its diagnostic and management methods. His explanations provide a good evidence for the early concept of this disorder in the Near East, a matter which has remained mainly neglected up to the current time.