title: PSYCHOPATHOLOGY IN THE EARLY AURVEDIC TEXTS: (With Special reference to unmada).
abstract: The medical texts by Caraka and Susruta describe the symptoms, etiology, theory, treatment and prognosis of four types of mental disorders-unmada, bhutonmada, apasmara, and murcha. The present discussion is restricted to unmada-its theory, treatment and prognosis with an indication of the scope of analysis with reference to the Western psychiatric nosology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 666 Cambridge Mass 02138 U.S.A.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Weiss