While the term dementia praecox is usually credited to Kraepelin, it was B.A. Morel who first used it in 1852 to describe a 14-year-old: “His brilliant intellectual faculties underwent in… Click to show full abstract
While the term dementia praecox is usually credited to Kraepelin, it was B.A. Morel who first used it in 1852 to describe a 14-year-old: “His brilliant intellectual faculties underwent in time a very dis- tressing arrest. A kind of torpor akin to hebetude replaced the earlier activity. In the hospital, the adolescent improved physically, worsened mentally and even- tually was considered a hopeless case.
               
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