Kraepelin

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Krae·pe·lin (kr

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), Emil 1856-1926.

German psychiatrist whose classification system of mental disorders formed the foundation for the standard diagnostic text in the field of psychiatry, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM).

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No references found			As to my "errors": Anyone who doubts that there was any overlap between Emil Kraepelin's psychiatry and Freud's should consult Frank Heynick's authoritative Language and its Disturbances in Dreams: The Pioneering Work of Freud and Kraepelin Updated, published by Wiley in 1993. To the editors by Zaretsky, Eli / Journal of Social History He gave his name to the sickness despite the contribution his associate Emil Kraepelin made by isolating and identifying the symptoms of the disease. What Happens in the Brain of An Alzheimer's Patient by Heather Colman / Health care industry community One hundred years ago, Emil Kraepelin identified the disorder now known as schizophrenia as dementia praecox, a chronic, unremitting, gradually deteriorating condition, having a progressive downhill course with an end state of dementia and incompetence. Spirituality in the recovery from persistent mental disorders by Lukoff, David / Southern Medical Journal			Korean Hemorrhagic Fever Korean lespedeza Korean Native cattle Kornberg Koro koronivia grass Korotkoff sounds Korotkoff's sounds Korotkoff's test Korotkov sounds Korsakoff psychosis Korsakoff's psychosis Korsakoff's syndrome koryo sooji chim Kosher kosher slaughter Kostmann's syndrome Kotex Kotonkan virus Kovac's reagent kPA KPs Kr kraalbos Krabbe's disease Kraepelin krait Krameria triandra Kraske position Kraske's operation kraurosis kraurosis vulvae Krause Krause's corpuscles Krause's end bulbs Krazyglue Krebiozen Krebs Krebs cycle Krebs ornithine cycle Krebs urea cycle Krebs-Henseleit cycle kregda Kremer excimer laser Krey-Schottler hook krimpsiekte Kringle kriyas Krogh Kronic-Selheim incision Krukenberg's amputation			Krašto Apsaugos Ministerija KRAA kraal kraal kraalbos kraaled kraaled kraaling kraaling kraals kraals Kraatz, Helmut KRAB KRAB Krabbe disease Krabbe's disease Krabbe's disease Krabbe's disease Krabbe's disease Krabby Patties Krabi Thai Village Resort KRAC Krachkovskii, Ignatii Krachkovskii, Ignatii Iulianovich Kracht en Vriendschap Krackatoa Krackatoa Krad KRADD Kraemer Middle School Kraepelin Kraepelin, Emil Kraevskii, Andrei Kraevskii, Andrei Aleksandrovich Krafft, Adam Krafft-Ebing Krafft-Ebing Krafft-Ebing, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Richard, Freiherr von kraft kraft kraft Kraft (paper) Kraft (paper) Kraft Dinner Kraft durch Freude Kraft Foods Kraft Foods Federal Credit Union Kraft Foods International Kraft Foods North America Kraft Foods, Inc. Kraft Foods, Inc. Kraft General Foods International Kraft Jacobs Suchard Kraft Liner Board Kraft Nabisco Championship Kraft North America Commercial kraft paper kraft paper Kraft process

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