| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Premises of the work -- The continuum concept: a philosophical introductiion -- Griesinger's physiopsychological and partly anatomical conceptions as support for a continuity of the mental disorders -- Griesinger's continuity of mental disease forms -- Kahlbaum's classification: the search for disease units -- Is there continuity of mental disordrs in Kahlbaum's work? -- Comments on Kraepelin's classification and the essay "The manifestation forms of insanity -- Overview and discussion of the concepts "continuum of psychoses" and "unitary psychosis" -- From Kraepelin to Carl Schneider: symptom complexes, mind, and madness -- Future perspectives? dimensiona-continuous approach and process philisophy -- Appendix -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
This book presents a thorough investigation of Griesinger, Kahlbaum, and Kraepelin's foundational works in psychiatry. It offers an admirable opportunity to understand their achievements and thoughts, and its historical character makes it accessible to a wide range of readers interested in mental health. The analysis of continuities and discontinuities in their described mental disorders illuminates the current classification and diagnosis debate in psychiatry. This analysis comprises etiologic explanations and methodological grounds for each author's classification. Implying an interrelation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 27, 2021) |
| Subject |
Mental illness -- History
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History of medicine.
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Psychiatry.
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Philosophy of mind.
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Mental illness
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1527574806 |
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9781527574809 |
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