It wasn’t until later that more more forward thinking and humane techniques were attempted. Ancient Egyptians recommended that that those who had mental and psychiatric disorders engage in recreational activities like dances, concerts, and even painting. They felt that these activities would relieve psychiatric symptoms and help the patients return to a sense of normalcy. It is believed that the ancient Egyptians had such a forward way of thinking because they had more knowledge of the human body and they were very advanced in terms of medicine and even surgery. They were able to understand that the brain was the source of mental functions. It was with all of these societies that psychiatric and mental disorders was associated with some type
