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Schizophrenia, A Splitting Of The Mind

Schizophrenia, A splitting of the mind

Dementia Praecox, the early term for schizophrenia was presented by Emil Kraepelin in 1898. Dementia Praecox included – dementia paranoids, catatonia and hebephrenia. Whilst these different entities are symptomatically very diverse, Kraepelin believed they shared a common core. Kraepelin noted several major symptoms in his patients, these included hallucinations, delusions, negativism, attentional difficulties, stereotyped behaviour and emotional dysfunction. Kraepelin focused on describing schizophrenia and made no attempt to categorise and explain what he saw.

Eugen Bleuler however tried to define the core of the disorder. Bleuler disagreed with Kraepelin on two points. Bleuler believed that the disorder didn't necessary have an early onset and that the disorder didn't necessarily lead to total dementia. Since he believed that the disorder didn't lead to total dementia the term dementia praecox was no longer valid, so in 1908 Bleuler......


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