@article{Mishra_Kalekar_Chodankar_2022, title={MANAGEMENT OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS IN CONTEXT TO CHARAKA SAMHITA- A BRIEF REVIEW}, volume={6}, url={https://ayurline.in/index.php/ayurline/article/view/672}, abstractNote={<p>Mental health issues have always been the talk of the day amid the hue and cry of an ever-changing world. A 2019 report says that 1 in 8 people in the world are living with one or other mental disorder. </p> <p>Even in the <em>Vedik</em> era, mental health was of utmost importance<em>. Ayurveda</em> being a science of life, deals with both physical and mental illnesses. A systematic analysis of the mind can be found in <em>Charak Samhita</em>, written about 200BCE. It talks not only about the functions, location, and characteristics of the mind but also gives a systematic treatment plan to tackle these disorders. <em>Aacharya Charaka</em> goes one step further to explain different ways to keep these conditions at bay. He describes it all in <em>Aachar Rasayana</em>, <em>Sadvritta Palan</em>. Since <em>Ayurveda</em> considers the body as a whole rather than an accumulation of various distinct bodily systems, many treatment options from <em>Yuktivyapashraya Chikitsa</em> work on the imbalance of <em>Manasik Dosha</em> as well as <em>Sharirik Dosha</em>. </p> <p><em>Ayurveda</em> focuses on all aspects of healthy living, physical, mental and spiritual. In <em>Daivavyapashraya Chikitsa</em>, <em>Charaka</em> discussed faith-based interventions. While in <em>Sattvavajaya Chikitsa</em>, the psychotherapeutic route is studied thoroughly. Along with these interventions to manage mental disorders, tools for prevention like <em>Aachara Rasayana, and Sadvritta Palan </em>can prove extremely helpful in leading a healthy life. </p> <p>In this article, we have studied <em>Charaka Samhita </em>and referred to various research-based articles depicting the efficacy of <em>Charaka’s</em> way of treating psychiatric disorders.</p>}, number={03}, journal={Ayurline: International Journal of Research in Indian Medicine}, author={Mishra, Rajesh Kumar and Kalekar, Shraddha and Chodankar, Nandadeep}, year={2022}, month={Jul.} }