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
At first, Sukhareva used ‘autistic’ in the same way Bleuler did—but as she started to see other children with this trait, she decided to try to characterize it more fully.
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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