Psychological Eczemas

Reem Thabet
2013 / 6 / 2

In my previous article, I pointed out "psychological disorders" and its description as "Psychological Eczemas". This frank nomenclature seemed has drawn attention of some non-specialists and popped their voices out for a need to amend this label´-or-canceled. They pretended it carries excessive verbal, but actually my scientific justification in launch of this label has objectively emanated from perspective "Psycho-socially" and exceeded the-limit-s of wording. In the-limit-s of my knowledge there severe approach combines turmoil and eczema. This approach comes from mechanism of their proliferation in entity of individual first, then community Secondly, especially within the community, which suffers a lot of problems growing and deep-rooted social, economic and political in its origins.
It is true that not each exigent itchy is eczema. Neither each temporary disorder takes place to the individual is an eczema could raided his psychological being and kill him, But when disclose emergence of inflamed bubbles through diagnostic symptoms and there are found a lot of them in individual psychological and behavioral pattern, of course we are in the face of a dangerous situation of disorders´-or-more precisely meaning "Psychological Eczemas".
In my opinion, depression and anxiety come on the top of psychological eczemas, also global Medical statistics in this field went to that both depressed and anxiety patients constitute the highest percentage in the proportions of patients attending psychiatric clinics, mental health institutions, schools and universities. Depression pushes many people to seek treatment from medical and psychiatric clinics, as well as lead them towards searching for psychological help and social support, so depression disease study as one of psychological eczemas that s an humanly requirement before it would be a requirement scientifically, psychologically and medically and socially.
On the other hand, Depression comes on top psychological eczemas that were suffered by ancients and present people through consequent eras, and there is compelling evidence indicating that latest people recognized and perceived this disease for many centuries ago. It appeared understand depression mystique for more than four centuries, in the light of the writings of famous psychologist that s called "Burton", and specifically his famous book "The Anatomy of Melancholy".
In my opinion, this book outstripped all value scientific literatures in psychiatry field, because it has preceded them into giving description of many of depression symptoms. Also perhaps what makes depression s writings of "Burton" had got a great importance that had been objectivity addressed a lot of reasons and causes of disease. His writings had been contrary with other writings that had been prevailed in interpretation of mental disorders in his time, which had relying on witchcraft and superstition and goblins and satanic flagrante. I think that literature of writer "William Shakespeare" is as another strong evidence point out contemporary thinkers and how they had realized depression disease, and what they had understood of its causes and symptoms. Shakespeare s writings had included many references about psychological disorders. These disorders had been projected by him upon most of heroes characters of his plays.
Who scrutinizes in literatures and writings of "Shakespeare", find he didn t try covering events with romantic frills through his books. Also he did not try making magic pictures of depression as did most of the writers of his era, but he went to describes diseases symptoms just as can any contemporary psychologist described now. Actually, we can add to literary creativity of "Shakespeare" psychological creativity in describing some of symptoms psychological eczemas, and put depression eczema on the top of them. There s no a doubt that depression eczema had been reflected clearly by description of "Shakespeare" through out depression which had haunted "Hamlet", "Hysteria" that had befallen "Cleopatra", "Periodic Disorder" which had been suffered by "King Lear" after abdication of his throne, and Shakespeare s description of pangs and carefree that had dominated Macbeth s conscience when his glory had collapsed....... etc.
Some critics indicated that "Shakespeare" had been just around the corner from the madness while he was writing "King Lear", but in my opinion "Shakespeare" was not suffering from depression as some critics indicated. Maybe from time to time, he had suffered cases of falling periodic mood "Cyclothymic", this falling which often occurs on mood of most of the writers and creative thinkers. Also we can say there are many factors that helped "Shakespeare" to reach for depression symptoms such as: his excessive sensitivity literary, his broad conscious of science, and his wide cultural knowledge. All this factors helped him to describe the depression which had haunted "Hamlet", and at the same time these factors enabled him to describe "Hysteria" that had befallen "Cleopatra", as well as "Periodic Disorder" which had been suffered by "King Lear", and had dominated Macbeth s conscience.
In the Arab thought, emerged a lot of the early pioneers who took similar cases of depression, among these pioneers: "Abu Bakr al-Razi" and "Ibn Sina", who had given an accurate description of cases "Melancholy". Both suggested and developed many recipes as medical treatments. As well as, psychological therapies that primarily concerned with faith, rest and relaxation.
At the level of literature thought, "Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani" had preceded many Arab scholars in giving an accurate description of the case that s as close as possible to recent concept of case named "Clinical Depression" and case "Periodic Depressive Psychosis" which had befallen "Qays Ibn al-Mulawwah" due to his passion for "Layla al-Ameria". "Isfahani" had told about this case for nearly more than a thousand years in the content of his book "News of women in the Book of Songs"´-or-(Book of Songs). In different positions of the story "Qays and Layla", "Isfahani" had given an accurate description of "Qays" case. "Isfahani" had considered this case as typically approach of precise symptoms of chronic depression. These symptoms include: indifference appearance and neglect satisfy primary needs such as--;-- food, drink and , in addition to indulge in grief, tears and mental dispersion. All were interpreted in the end to "Periodic Depressive Psychosis", which made "Qays" worth a well-deserved name "Mad" which people called him by in his era.




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