Emil Kraepelin
Psychiatrist, Author
1856 – 1926
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Who was Emil Kraepelin?
Emil Kraepelin was a German psychiatrist. H.J. Eysenck's Encyclopedia of Psychology identifies him as the founder of modern scientific psychiatry, as well as of psychopharmacology and psychiatric genetics. Kraepelin believed the chief origin of psychiatric disease to be biological and genetic malfunction. His theories dominated psychiatry at the start of the twentieth century and, despite the later psychodynamic influence of Sigmund Freud and his disciples, enjoyed a revival at century's end.
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- Born
- Feb 15, 1856
Neustrelitz - Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- University of Leipzig
- University of Würzburg
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
- Employment
- University of Tartu
- Died
- Oct 7, 1926
Munich
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on July 23, 2013
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