Emil Kraepelin (1856-1926) est né la même année que Sigmund Freud. Perçu comme psychiatre croquemitaine, il avait pourtant des vues extrêmement novatrices. Sur la justice, notamment, il était partisan de la suppression de toute mesure punitive. Il insistait sur l'importance des troubles psychogènes conditionnés par la carcéralité, qui font l'objet de cette publication.
Dans "Cent ans de psychiatrie", Emil Kraepelin, considéré comme le père de la psychiatrie moderne, brosse un tableau de la psychiatrie allemande et mondiale au XIXe siècle.
The German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin (1856 - 1926) is justly called "the father of modern psychiatry". He was the first to identify dementia praecox (schizophrenia) and manic-depression, and he pioneered the use of drugs to treat mental illness.
A collection of influential works by German psychiatrist and founder of modern scientific psychiatry, Emil Kraepelin. These studies cover topics including clinical psychiatry, psychology, and neurological disorders. Kraepelin's work laid the foundation for modern psychiatric classification and diagnosis.
In this collection of essays and papers, Emil Kraepelin presents his groundbreaking research on the classification and diagnosis of mental disorders. Kraepelin's work influenced the development of modern psychiatric theory, and his ideas continue to shape the field of psychiatry today. This collection is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of psychiatry and the development of psychiatric theory.