Psychosis: From mental disorder to disease concept

Journal/Book: Hist Psychiat. 1995; 6: Halfpenny Furze-Mill Lane, Chalfont St Giles, Bucks, United Kingdom HP8 4NR. Alpha Academic. 177-200.

Abstract: This article traces the development of the concept of psychosis from its being coined as a general term for mental disorder in 1845 by the Austrian psychiatrist Ernst von Feuchtersleben until its reification as a disease concept in the twentieth century by the German psychiatrist and pupil of Kraepelin Kurt Schneider.

Note: Article MD Beer, United Med & Dent Sch, Guys Hosp, Dept Psychiat, London SE1 9RT, England

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