AU - Ghaderi, T. TI - Psychopathology and Mental Health in Middle Persian Manuscripts PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - ijpcp JN - ijpcp VO - 8 VI - 2 IP - 2 4099 - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-239-en.html 4100 - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-239-en.pdf SO - ijpcp 2 AB  - AbstractObjectives:  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.   CP - IRAN IN - Hamedan, Dept. of Archeology, School of Literature and Humanities. LG - eng PB - ijpcp PG - 73 PT - Original Research YR - 2002