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SAGE Publications, History of Psychiatry, 25(7), p. 055-62, 1996
DOI: 10.1177/0957154x9600702503
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Evidence for the existence of schizophrenia in medieval Islamic society
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Abstract
It has been claimed that descriptions of schizophrenia-like disorders were rare before 1800 in the Western world. Historical evidence from medieval Islamic society shows that madness was common in that society. Despite the limitations of the evidence, we propose that medieval Islamic physicians probably diagnosed and treated many cases of schizophrenia.