Psychopathology and Mental Health in Middle Persian Manuscripts

The present study was designed to trace the literature related to the history of psychopathology and mental health in Middle Persian manuscripts. Method The method consisted of library research into the hand written manuscripts and the collection of Middle Persian (Pahlavi) texts dating back to some fifteen hundred years ago. Findings The frequency of the term ravan (psyche) and its lexical combinations reveal the basis of psychopathology, techniques of mental health care, and the history of psychology in ancient Persia.