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On the origins of the concept of 'latent schizophrenia' in Russian psychiatry.

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In the mid-twentieth century in the Soviet Union, latent schizophrenia became an important concept and a matter of research and also of punitive psychiatry. This article investigates precursor concepts in… Click to show full abstract

In the mid-twentieth century in the Soviet Union, latent schizophrenia became an important concept and a matter of research and also of punitive psychiatry. This article investigates precursor concepts in early Russian psychiatry of the nineteenth century, and examines whether - as claimed in recent literature - Russian and Soviet research on latent schizophrenia was mainly influenced by the work of Eugen Bleuler.

Keywords: russian psychiatry; psychiatry; latent schizophrenia; psychiatry origins

Journal Title: History of psychiatry
Year Published: 2021

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