Kraepelin's work is frequently cited and repeatedly interpreted as groundwork for the
categorical classification of mental disorders. The scope of this paper is to present a …

Background: The syndrome of manic-depressive insanity (MDI), as conceptualized by Emil
Kraepelin a century ago, with later refinements, continues to dominate research and clinical …

Since the time of the ancient Greeks, physicians have recognized a certain relatedness
between the mental states of depression and mania. In the mid-Nineteenth century, French …

The current nosology of depression is based upon the Kraepelinian classification of mental
disorders as definite disease entities. Although the system is flexible enough to permit its …

Emil Kraepelin's psychiatric nosology, proposed in the 5th and 6th editions of his textbook
published in 1896 and 1899, did not quickly gain worldwide acceptance, but was instead …

Emil Kraepelin fundamentally shaped our current psychiatric nosology. Although much has
been written about his diagnostic formulations, less is known about his views on the …

1. Introduction provoke in any of us.....''it is obvious that in many cases we are dealing with a
merely quantitative The history of the subject begins with Kraepelin's deviation......''and '' …

Kraepelin's basic attitude to the classification of psychoses was data-oriented and flexible. In
his latter years he was close to revising his own celebrated dichotomy between manic …

Emil Kraeplin in 1896 gave us the first complete description of manic-depressive psychosis,
recognizing the two phases of the disease, mania and melancholia, and pointing out that the …

W no ith Kraepelin psychiatry has lost its most widely known figure. During the last 25 years,
no worker in psychiatry could have remained without at least a terminological impress from …