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Kraepelin

American  
[kre-puh-leen] / ˌkrɛ pəˈlin /

noun

  1. Emil 1856–1926, German psychiatrist.


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As inmate populations rose, Emil Kraepelin and other European scientists sought to trace insanity to its biological roots.

From Scientific American • Aug. 3, 2019

Our own culture’s conception of the varieties of mental illness took shape first from a deck of cards curated by the pioneering German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin over a century ago.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2018

Kraepelin was a staunch critic of psychoanalysis and passionate advocate for understanding mental phenomena in strictly biological terms — attitudes now also ascendant in psychiatric biomedicine.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2018

Their role model now is not Freud or Kraepelin, but the genetic revolution taking place in oncology.

From Nature • Apr. 24, 2013

The researches of Kraepelin, Ach, Aschaffenberg and other German scientists have become so well known through the articles by Henry Smith Williams in McClure’s Magazine that only brief reference need be made to them here.

From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Allen, Martha Meir

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