Bleuler
Americannoun
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Swiss psychiatrist Paul Eugen Bleuler introduced schizophrenia, often considered the “most troubling” form of madness, as a medical classification in 1908 to replace the label “dementia praecox,” meaning the incurable madness of young people.
From Slate • Jul. 28, 2022
The term “schizophrenia,” which derives from Greek words for “split mind,” was coined in 1908 by Dr. Eugen Bleuler.
From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2021
I wanted to talk about all the terms that Eugen Bleuler used.
From The Verge • Feb. 11, 2019
About a decade earlier, Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler had coined the term to describe the social withdrawal and detachment from reality often seen in children with schizophrenia.
From Scientific American • Nov. 10, 2018
Bleuler has used the term ambivalent, thus comparing these individuals to a chemical element having two bonds and impelled to unite with two substances.
From The Foundations of Personality by Myerson, Abraham
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