A Precedent for Modern Psychotherapeutic Techniques: One Thousand Years Ago

MOHAMMAD SHAFIIAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 128, Number 12

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.12.1581

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The author cites a 1,000-year-old case history of a young prince who manifested symptoms of psychotic depression associated with anorexia nervosa. The treatment of this patient by Avicenna, a Persian physician, set a precedent for some psychotherapeutic techniques currently in use. These include: communicating with the patient within his delusional system, creating an effective therapeutic milieu, and applying consultation techniques of community psychiatry.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 128 • Number 12 • June 1972

Pages: 1581 - 1584

PubMed: 4554405

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Published in print: June 1972

Published online: 1 April 2006

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MOHAMMAD SHAFII

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Children's Psychiatric Hospital, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48104

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A Precedent for Modern Psychotherapeutic Techniques: One Thousand Years Ago

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