title: Mental health and psychiatry in the Middle East: historical development.
abstract: A brief account is given of attitudes towards mental health and the development of psychiatry in the Middle East from an historical perspective. The Middle East is considered as a cultural entity and the influence of the beliefs and practices of ancient times on the collective mind of the people of the Region is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Health Protection and Promotion, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohit
mesh_terms: D018643:Arab World / Q000266:history*; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000266:history; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam / Q000266:history*; D008514:Medicine, Arabic / Q000266:history; D008603:Mental Health / Q000266:history*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000266:history; D008877:Middle East; D010684:Philosophy / Q000266:history; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history*; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012069:Religion and Psychology