The psychiatric works of Emil Kraepelin: a many-faceted story of modern medicine

Journal of the History of the Neurosciences
Hannah S Decker

Abstract

A new English language edition of some of the major works of Emil Kraepelin (1856-1926), the famous German psychiatrist, appeared in 2002. This essay has been written to mark the occasion. Kraepelin is famous for his psychiatric nosology, specifically the demarcation of dementia praecox (schizophrenia) and manic-depressive insanity (bi-polar disorder). This essay deals not only with these topics but with many other aspects of Kraepelin's psychiatry: his talents as a writer and teacher; his unusual and intense concern with volition; his lack of psychological empathy with his patients, on the one hand, and on the other, his humane care for their physical well-being; his tangled involvement with psychoanalysis; his war on alcohol; his tradition-bound treatment of hysteria; his reflective attempt to understand paranoia; some criticisms of his work; the debate over the role played by his famous diagnostic cards (Zählkarten); his misuse of his psychiatric beliefs in the public arena. A conclusion addresses both his shortcomings and his assets.

Citations

Jan 5, 2008·Schizophrenia Bulletin·Martin Bürgy
Oct 3, 2007·The International Journal of Psycho-analysis·Ernst M Falzeder, John C Burnham
Mar 13, 2014·The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry·S Nassir Ghaemi, Shannon Dalley
Mar 17, 2017·Revista brasileira de psiquiatria : orgão oficial da Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria, Asociación Psiquiátrica de la América Latina·Holger SteinbergLeonardo F Fontenelle
Sep 11, 2008·Australasian Psychiatry : Bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists·Robert M Kaplan
Aug 17, 2018·Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice·Heinz Katschnig
Dec 19, 2018·Acta Neuropsychiatrica·Sandeep GroverIndu Surendran
Apr 28, 2006·Current Opinion in Psychiatry·Paul Hoff
Dec 5, 2013·Psychiatry Investigation·S Nassir Ghaemi

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