The term “Dementia precox” was coined by
A. FreudB. Bleuler
C. Kraepelin
D. Schneider
The Answer is. C.
(Kraepelin)
• Eugen Bleuler (1911), while
renaming dementia precox as schizophrenia (meaning mental splitting),
recognized that this disorder did not always have a poor prognosis as described
by Kraepelin.
• Eugen Bleuler’s fundamental
symptoms of schizophrenia
(Also called as 4 A’s of
Bleuler)
1. Ambivalence: Marked
inability to decide for or against.
2. Autism: Withdrawal into
self.
3. Affect disturbances: For
example, inappropriate affect.
4. Association disturbances:
Loosening of associations; thought disorder.
