Emil Kraepelin
Emil Kraepelin
1856-1926
German psychiatrist, a specialist in diagnosis, who developed the classification of mental disorders that still serves as the basis of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) and the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10). He discovered and named several psychoses and neuroses, including manic depression (now called bipolar disorder) and dementia praecox (now called schizophrenia).
More From encyclopedia.com
Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders , The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) represents the most influential effort in the field of mental health to identify psyc… disorder , dis·or·der / disˈôrdər/ • n. a state of confusion: tiresome days of mess and disorder. ∎ the disruption of peaceful and law-abiding behavior: recurre… Kleptomania , Kleptomania is an impulse control disorder characterized by a recurrent failure to resist stealing.
Kleptomania is a complex disorder characterized b… Schizoaffective Disorder , Definition
One of the most challenging mental disorders to identify accurately and treat appropriately is schizoaffective disorder. This condition in… Personality Disorders , Definition
Long-standing, deeply ingrained patterns of social behavior that are detrimental to those who display them or to others.
Description
Perso… Psychopathology , The subfield of psychology concerned with the study of abnormal behavior.
Abnormal behavior is defined as behavior that is considered to be maladapti…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Emil Kraepelin