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Bleuler
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Bleuler, Eugen
[bloi′lər]
Etymology: Swiss psychiatrist, 1857-1939
a pioneer investigator in the fields of autism and schizophrenia. Bleuler introduced the term schizophrenia to replace dementia praecox and identified four primary symptoms of schizophrenia, known as Bleuler's "4 As": ambivalence, associative disturbance, autistic thinking, and affective incongruity.


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For this reason, Eugen Bleuler deliberately called the disease "the schizophrenias", plural, when he coined the present name.
The Mental Disorder Known as Schizophrenia by Scott Michaels / Health care industry community
A Swiss psychiatrist by the name of Eugen Bleuler is thought to be the first to use the term.
Did You Know These Facts About Autism? by Stu Pearson / Food/cooking/nutrition community
There are many other errors, particularly concerning Freud and the psychiatrists Eugen Bleuler and Carl Gustav Jung, that I could comment on, but I think I have made my point.
Secrets of the Soul: A Social and Cultural History of Psychoanalysis by Decker, Hannah S. / Journal of Social History
 
 
 
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