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PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY

Psychology is the science of mind and behavior, while psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorderswhich include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual disorders.The word psychology literary means study of the soul, while the word

psychiatry means medical treatment of the mind. The history of the psychology and psychiatry can be traced back to time to the ancient civilizations from Greece to islamic world.Many cultures throughout history have speculated on the nature of the mind, soul, spirit. Starting in the 5th century BC, mental disorders, especially those with psychotic traits, were considered supernatural in origin. This view existed throughout ancient Greece and Rome. Early manuals written about mental disorders were created by the Greeks. In the 4th century BC, Hippocrates theorized that physiological abnormalities may be the root of mental disorders.The first psychiatric hospitals were built in the medieval Islamic world from the 8th century. The first was built in Baghdad in 705 AD, followed by Fes and Cairo. In the 11th century, a Persian physician, "physiological psychology" in the treatment of Avicenna, illnesses recognized involving

emotions.Avicenna was also an early pioneer of neuropsychiatry and first described a number of neuropsychiatric conditions. Psychology and psychiatry were related because their central problem was the human mind.While one was trying tounderstand the human mind the other was trying to cure the mind problems.Bouth psychiatry and psychology were interested in the functions of the brain.

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In conclusion, bouth are very related nowadays, one is trying to prevent and to ameliorate, the other is trying to cure a disorder.

Bibliography: y www.en.wikipedia.org y www. .healthsystem.virginia.edu (The History of Psychiatry Larry Merkel)