Emil Kraepelin was a German psychiatrist. source
Emil Kraepelin was a German psychiatrist.
H. J. Eysenck's Encyclopedia of Psychology identifies Emil Kraepelin as the founder of modern scientific psychiatry, psychopharmacology and psychiatric genetics. source
H. J. Eysenck's Encyclopedia of Psychology identifies Emil Kraepelin as the founder of modern scientific psychiatry, psychopharmacology and psychiatric genetics.
Emil Kraepelin was a strong and influential proponent of eugenics and racial hygiene, and believed the chief origin of psychiatric disease to be biological and genetic malfunction. source
Emil Kraepelin was a strong and influential proponent of eugenics and racial hygiene, and believed the chief origin of psychiatric disease to be biological and genetic malfunction.
Emil Kraepelin's theories dominated psychiatry at the start of the 20th century and, despite the later psychodynamic influence of Sigmund Freud and his disciples, enjoyed a revival at century's end. source
Emil Kraepelin's theories dominated psychiatry at the start of the 20th century and, despite the later psychodynamic influence of Sigmund Freud and his disciples, enjoyed a revival at century's end.
While Emil Kraepelin proclaimed his own high clinical standards of gathering information "by means of expert analysis of individual cases", he also drew on reported observations of officials not trained in psychiatry. source
While Emil Kraepelin proclaimed his own high clinical standards of gathering information "by means of expert analysis of individual cases", he also drew on reported observations of officials not trained in psychiatry.
Emil Kraepelin's textbooks do not contain detailed case histories of individuals but mosaiclike compilations of typical statements and behaviors from patients with a specific diagnosis. source
Emil Kraepelin's textbooks do not contain detailed case histories of individuals but mosaiclike compilations of typical statements and behaviors from patients with a specific diagnosis.
Emil Kraepelin has been described as a "scientific manager" and political operator, who developed a large-scale, clinically oriented, epidemiological research programme. source
Emil Kraepelin has been described as a "scientific manager" and political operator, who developed a large-scale, clinically oriented, epidemiological research programme.
Born in 1856 in Germany, Emil Kraepelin chose a career in psychiatry when he was only 18 years old. source
Born in 1856 in Germany, Emil Kraepelin chose a career in psychiatry when he was only 18 years old.
Emil Kraepelin was first introduced to biology by his brother Karl, 10 years older and, later, the director of the Zoological Museum of Hamburg. source
Emil Kraepelin was first introduced to biology by his brother Karl, 10 years older and, later, the director of the Zoological Museum of Hamburg.
Emil Kraepelin began his medical studies in 1874 at the University of Leipzig and completed them at the University of Würzburg (1877–78). source
Emil Kraepelin began his medical studies in 1874 at the University of Leipzig and completed them at the University of Würzburg (1877–78).
Emil Kraepelin completed his Habilitation thesis at Leipzig; it was entitled "The Place of Psychology in Psychiatry". source
Emil Kraepelin completed his Habilitation thesis at Leipzig; it was entitled "The Place of Psychology in Psychiatry".
In 1903 Emil Kraepelin moved to Munich to become Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the University of Munich. source
In 1903 Emil Kraepelin moved to Munich to become Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the University of Munich.
Emil Kraepelin was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1908. source
Emil Kraepelin was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1908.
Emil Kraepelin retired from teaching at the age of 66, spending his remaining years establishing the Institute. source
Emil Kraepelin retired from teaching at the age of 66, spending his remaining years establishing the Institute.
The ninth and final edition of his Textbook was published in 1927, shortly after Emil Kraepelin's death. It comprised four volumes and was ten times larger than the first edition of 1883. source
The ninth and final edition of his Textbook was published in 1927, shortly after Emil Kraepelin's death. It comprised four volumes and was ten times larger than the first edition of 1883.
Emil Kraepelin announced that he had found a new way of looking at mental illness, referring to the traditional view as "symptomatic" and to his view as "clinical". source
Emil Kraepelin announced that he had found a new way of looking at mental illness, referring to the traditional view as "symptomatic" and to his view as "clinical".
In the first through sixth edition of Emil Kraepelin's influential psychiatry textbook, there was a section on moral insanity, which meant then a disorder of the emotions or moral sense without apparent delusions or hallucinations. source
In the first through sixth edition of Emil Kraepelin's influential psychiatry textbook, there was a section on moral insanity, which meant then a disorder of the emotions or moral sense without apparent delusions or hallucinations.
Emil Kraepelin had referred to psychopathic conditions (or "states") in his 1896 edition, including compulsive insanity, impulsive insanity, homosexuality, and mood disturbances. source
Emil Kraepelin had referred to psychopathic conditions (or "states") in his 1896 edition, including compulsive insanity, impulsive insanity, homosexuality, and mood disturbances.
Emil Kraepelin, on the basis on the dream-psychosis analogy, studied for more than 20 years language disorder in dreams in order to study indirectly schizophasia. source
Emil Kraepelin, on the basis on the dream-psychosis analogy, studied for more than 20 years language disorder in dreams in order to study indirectly schizophasia.
