It was not until 1908, however, that an influential essay by Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler corrected Kraepelin's theory that the disease was an organic brain deterioration and thus incurable. ...

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The term schizophrenia was introduced at the beginning of the 20th century by Eugen Bleuler (1857-1939), a Swiss psychiatrist and the medical director of a mental hospital in Zurich (Maddux & Winstead, 2012). ...

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Schizophrenia A Psychopathological Disorder Schizophrenia is perhaps one of the most serious disorders in all of psychopathology. Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler first identified the disorder, regarding it as "an abnormal disintegration of mental functions". From the Greek schizo, "split" and phr...

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Mental disorders are beginning to represent the number one health problem for the United States and probably for the entire human population. Psychotic thought and mood disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder continue to plague our very existence. These two disorders alone seem t...

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Mental illness is as old as humankind. Schizophrenia is a mental illness and one that impacts how people think, feel and act (Phillips & Ketelsen, 2003). The exact causes of schizophrenia are not yet known (Tsuang, Stone, and Faraone, 2000) so consequently, careful attention in the following areas o...

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