- The first antidepressant, Imipramine was originally developed as an antihistamine and subsequently tested for schizophrenia.
- The famous case of Phineas Gage helped establish the role of the frontal lobes in personality and behaviour.
- Hans Asperger and Leo Kanner independently described autism spectrum conditions during the 1940s.
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) was developed by Dr. Aaron Beck after he observed that depressed patients frequently experienced automatic negative thoughts, a finding that challenged prevailing psychoanalytic theories.
- The word placebo comes from Latin and means “I shall please.”
– MINDS Newsletter Team