The Surpu: exorcism of antisocial personality disorder in ancient Mesopotamia

The history of the medical description of personality disorders is generally accepted as starting in the late eighteenth century with Pinel. However there may be a much earlier record of the problems of severe personality disorder. In this article we examine the Surpu, an ancient Mesopotamian incant...

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Authors: Abdul-Hamid, Walid Khalid (Author) ; Stein, George (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2013
In: Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2013, Volume: 16, Issue: 7, Pages: 671-685
Further subjects:B ancient psychiatry
B psychopathy; antisocial personality disorder
B Psychopathology
B Dyssocial personality disorder
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