Talk:History of mental disorders

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Contents 1 Dates/Scope 2 Quality 3 Expertise 4 Importance

[edit] Dates/Scope

This article appears to imply that Islam started around 600 BC, which is off by roughly 1,200 years. It started around 600 AD, way after the Judaic Babylonian exile. Also, could use some updating to provide history after the middle ages.

• That struck me as odd too. I modified the opening sentence there to relflect that. Midas 13:33, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

What about other societies? Medieval Europe, Africa, Americas, Far East?

[edit] Quality

This article requires some heavy revision. There's more here on irrelevant ancient religions (irrelevant to the topic, that is), than there is on modern approaches to mental health. I don't know enough to improve it, but I know that there is a lot missing here. --Nasajin 20:31, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Expertise

Like Nasajin, I don't know enough to restructure the article or dismiss some of the more specific claims, but I know enough to know that classical Greece was not after ancient Islam and that Islam was not born in the 6th century BC. I removed these fallacies. Kyle Pena 05:54, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Importance

Though the quality of this article is very poor at present, surely the topic is of high importance? Should perhaps be tagged as needing expert attention. Dimwight 12:51, 10 July 2007 (UTC)