Open AccessAN AYURVEDA CONCEPTUAL STUDY ON EIGHT DOMAINS IN THE ASSESSMENT OF MIND
Author(s) -
Dhaneshwari H. A,
Suhas Kumar Shetty
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international ayurvedic medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-5091
DOI - 10.46607/iamj2009122021
Subject(s) - mental status examination , psychology , consciousness , psychiatry , presentation (obstetrics) , classification of mental disorders , mental illness , temperament , insanity , intellect , clinical psychology , medicine , cognition , mental health , psychoanalysis , personality , prevalence of mental disorders , neuroscience , philosophy , theology , radiology
History taking, clinical examinations play a major role in confirming the diagnosis and predicting the prognosis of the illness. This is applicable in psychiatric as well as psychosomatic disorders. Sometimes organic diseases may simulate the presentation of psychiatric disorders and vice versa. Many types of examination techniques are ex- plained in Ayurveda which help directly or indirectly to elicit and diagnose psychiatry disorders. Astavibhrama, impairment in eight domains of mental faculties - thinking process (Mano vibhrama), intellect (Buddhi vibhrama), consciousness and orientation (Sanjnajnana vibhrama), memory (smriti vibhrama), desire or interest (Bhakti vibhrama), temperaments (sheela vibhrama), behaviour (chesta vibhrama), conduct (achara vibhrama); a concept adopted for the diagnosis of unmada (insanity). These eight domains can be generalised for eliciting the mental status of an individual.Keywords: Astavibhrama, Mental status examination, Psychiatric disorder