Eugen Bleuler's Dementia Praecox or the Group of Schizophrenias (1911): A centenary appreciation and reconsideration

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 471-479

  Moskowitz, Andrew ^a   Heim, Gerhard ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Private Practice   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bleuler; dissociation; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

AMBIVALENCE; AUTISM; DEMENTIA; DISSOCIATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOM;

DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 79955461689     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbr016     Document Type: Review

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