father of medicine

"A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses."

- Hippocrates [c. 460 – c. 370 BCE]

Hippocrates' Psychiatric Rule

1/3 of patients get better on their own; 1/3 of patients need treatment; 1/3 of patients don't get better even with treatment.

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"Men ought to know that from nothing else but the brain comes joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations ... And by the same organ we become mad."
- Father of medicine Hippocrates [c. 460-370 BCE]