Search results
Medard Boss. Paul Eugen Bleuler ( / ˈblɔɪlər /; [1] German: [ˈɔɪɡeːn ˈblɔɪlər]; 30 April 1857 – 15 July 1939) [2] was a Swiss psychiatrist and humanist [3] [4] most notable for his contributions to the understanding of mental illness. He coined several psychiatric terms including "schizophrenia", [5] [6] "schizoid", [7] "autism ...
Apr 30, 2024 · Eugen Bleuler (born April 30, 1857, Zollikon, Switzerland—died July 15, 1939, Zollikon) was one of the most influential psychiatrists of his time, best known today for his introduction of the term schizophrenia to describe the disorder previously known as dementia praecox and for his studies of schizophrenics.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
People also ask
Who was Eugen Bleuler?
How old was Eugen Bleuler when he published his schizophrenia monograph?
How did Eugen Bleuler influence schizophrenia?
Did Bleuler have a neural basis for schizophrenia?
21st century. See also. References. History of schizophrenia. The word schizophrenia was coined by the Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler in 1908, and was intended to describe the separation of function between personality, thinking, memory, and perception.
Bleuler’s pioneering work on schizophrenia still has strong relevance nowadays, thus the 100th anniversary year of the publication of his seminal work Dementia Praecox or the Group of Schizophrenias 1, 2 represents a good opportunity to reexamine his breaking-thought ideas about the disorder such as their validity in the light of the current ...
- Victor Peralta, Manuel J. Cuesta
- 2011
Aug 26, 2011 · The Monograph in Bleuler’s Life. Eugen Bleuler was 53 years old and at the height of his professional career when he published his schizophrenia monograph. He was born in 1857, 1 year after Kraepelin and Freud. When Bleuler was 17 years old, his older sister Paulina became mentally ill and was admitted to the nearby Burghoelzli hospital.
- Stephan Heckers
- 2011
Nov 1, 2008 · He died in 1939 in Zollikon, Switzerland, where he had been born in 1857. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Fusar-Poli, Department of Applied and Psychobehavioral Health Sciences, University of Pavia, via Bassi 21, 27100 Pavia, Italy; p.fusar@libero.it (e-mail).
May 17, 2018 · The Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler (1857-1939), noted primarily for his work on schizophrenia, was a renowned dissenter from the orthodox Freudian psychoanalytic approach to psychopathology. Eugen Bleuler was born in Zurich on April 30, 1857. After taking his medical degree at the University of Zurich, he spent his professional life as ...
