Shafiq Ahamed

Shafiq Ahamed, an independent research scholar in the field of clinical psychology, is currently doing post-graduation in Islamic jurisprudence of imam shafi'e and asha'ri theology. His major works focus on interdisciplinary studies in Islamic tradition and modern psychological perspectives.
Phycology: A Contemplation Through Islam and Modernity
Economy, Theology

Phycology: A Contemplation Through Islam and Modernity

  The foremost intent of studying psychology would be gaining proficiency in abnormal psychology or psychopathology, one of the sub-branches of the field is a scientific study on maladaptive or distress in behavior, mood, and thinking and on its causes and treatments. The ancient physicians had sought acquisition of pathological mastery than theoretical consciousness on psychology. Innumerable books on the history of psychology assert the stance that before the medieval period, psychopathological comprehension had been more familiar than psychology itself, studies psychology then had been less apparent and more available than in abnormal psychology in turn. In the Islam-occupied dynasties at its profound territories like Baghdad, Egypt, Cordoba, and Gondhishapur mental health estab...