Posted by Squiggles on October 8, 2006, at 8:26:50
In reply to Re: Encephalitis lethargica, posted by SLS on October 8, 2006, at 7:44:12
I'm not taking on the encyclopedias, no matter
what I understand from reading him; i certainly don't want to give up my position as a humble bipolar for a schizoid megalomaniac. :-)Squiggles
> Now, I am a bit confused. Encyclopedia Britannica got it wrong? I hate it when things I learned in college become worthless. Seems like most of it.
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> "Kraepelin, Emil
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> (born Feb. 15, 1856, Neustrelitz, Mecklenburg-Strelitz-died Oct. 7, 1926, Munich, Ger.) German psychiatrist. He taught at the Universities of Heidelberg and Munich, where he developed an influential classification system for mental illness, the Psychiatric Compendium (nine eds., 1883–1926). He was the first to distinguish (in 1899) between manic-depressive psychosis (bipolar disorder) and dementia praecox (schizophrenia), and the first to distinguish three clinical varieties of the latter: catatonia, hebephrenia, and paranoia. "
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> http://www.answers.com/topic/emil-kraepelin
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> http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9046179/Emil-Kraepelin
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> - Scott
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