Psychology in medieval Islam

Islamic psychology refers to the study of the Nafs (meaning "self" or "psyche" in Arabic) in the Islamic world, particularly during the Islamic Golden Age (8th 15th centuries) as well as modern times (20th 21st centuries), and is related to psychology, psychiatry and the neurosciences. Some of the advances in medieval Islamic psychological thought included the establishment of the first mental hospitals, the development of a clinical approach to mental illness, and the development of an experimental approach to the study of the mind. In the 20th and 21st centuries, attempts to revive psychological concepts from medieval Islamic thought have been attempted by modern Muslim psychologists and Islamic scholars

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Islamic psychology refers to the study of the Nafs (meaning "self" or "psyche" in Arabic) in the Islamic world, particularly during the Islamic Golden Age(8th-15th centuries) as well as modern times (20th-21stcenturies), and is related to psychology, psychiatry and the neurosciences. Some of the advances in medieval Islamic psychological thought included the establishment of the first mental hospitals, the development of a clinical approach to mental illness, and the development of an experimental approach to the study of the mind. Inthe 20th and 21st centuries, attempts to revive psychological concepts from medieval Islamic thought have beenattempted by modern Muslim psychologists and Islamic scholars