Alarming numbers about psychiatric disorders for the next decades have been forecasted by the world health organization (WHO). The estimation is that until 2030 four persons in ten retired from their jobs will do it due to a psychiatric disorder. In addition, whilst rising attention and funding have been given to treatment and research of cardiac diseases, cancers and diabetes, the same does not occur for psychiatric illnesses. On the contrary, in Brazil psychiatric clinics have been closed and health insurance companies have even been classifying psychiatric treatments as non-essential. Biological evolution has not followed social evolution leading to the development of several modern diseases, including psychiatric disorders. Since medicine aims for the improvement of human life, it is important that medical research target both, physical and mental health.