Eugen Bleuler's Dementia Praecox or the Group of Schizophrenias (1911): A Centenary Appreciation and Reconsideration

Moskowitz, Andrew; Heim, Gerhard

doi:10.1093/schbul/sbr016

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“…Psychasthenia is characterized by reduced psychological tension, and it can be considered a mild stage of schizophrenia, with loosening of associations 6) .…”

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Reconsideration of Psychasthenia- Two Cases

Lim¹,

Kwon²,

Lee³

et al. 2013

Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry

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Objectives：Psychasthenia is a psychological disorder that is characterized by phobias, obsessions, compulsions, or excessive anxiety. Their thoughts can be scattered and require significant effort to organize, often resulting in sentences that do not come out as intended, making little sense to others. Methods：Two Patients with psychasthenia are unable to resist specific actions or thoughts, regardless of their maladaptive nature and have insufficient control over their conscious thinking and memory, sometimes wandering aimlessly and/or forgetting what they were doing. Results：The constant mental effort induces physiological fatigue, which worsens the condition. Nevertheless, psychasthenia has become a forgotten disorder. We observed two cases that are worthy of the original definition of psychasthenia. Conclusions：It can be concluded that patients with psychasthenia complain of sinking because of a reduction in psychological tension or an effort to recover the reduction in tension.

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“…Psychasthenia is characterized by reduced psychological tension, and it can be considered a mild stage of schizophrenia, with loosening of associations 6) .…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reconsideration of Psychasthenia- Two Cases

Lim¹,

Kwon²,

Lee³

et al. 2013

Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry

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“…Kraepelin described the term "dementia praecox" which literally means cognitive decline with its onset in youth and this was reconfirmed by Blueler in 1911 [81]. The cognitive deficit is generalized in nature and is more pronounced in few localized areas.…”

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Resilience Improves Neurocognition and Treatment Outcomes in Schizophrenia: A Hypothesis

Shrivastava¹,

Sousa²,

Sonavane³

et al. 2016

OJPsych

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There has been a revolutionary advance in the treatment and management of schizophrenia from a clinical aspect yet the social and functional outcomes remain poor. Cognitive function is impaired in schizophrenia and shows various domains of dysfunction like verbal memory, processing speed and working memory. It is also known to be a factor associated with poor outcome in schizophrenia. Resilience is a new concept psychobiological concept which is defined as individual's ability to adapt swiftly to adverse life events and bounces back to normalcy. Resilience has genetic, neurobiological, neurochemical and psychological underpinnings. It is the ability to effectively deal with psychosocial stressors and appears to be one of the many factors associated with favourable outcomes in schizophrenia. Besides several neurobiological abnormalities associated with resilience, neucognitive functions are of particular interest. Persistent psychosocial stressors also lead to significant neurobiological changes which may be synergetic to poor outcome due to cognitive changes. Though there has been extensive research in the field of cognitive function in schizophrenia, the trajectory of its pathway of poor outcome remains undetermined. Resilience being a protective factor may be one of the psychobiological functions which modulate the effect of neurocognition on the outcome of schizophrenia. There has been some success with interventions aimed at improving cognitive function in schizophrenia whether pharmacological or non pharmacological. In this paper, we discuss a hypothesis that resilience may be a "linkage" between cognition and outcome. There is a need for interventions aimed at increasing resilience in patients with schizophrenia and we hypothesize giving evidence that this may in turn improve outcome and neurocognitive functioning in schizophrenia.

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“…31,32 Según Bleuler, el pensamiento autista, vinculado y resultante de un trastorno mental como la esquizofrenia, se caracterizaba por el predominio del pensamiento psicótico y de un mínimo o nulo contacto con la realidad. 33 Psicólogos, psicoanalistas y psiquiatras de Gran Bretaña usaron la palabra autismo a lo largo de la década de 1920 y hasta los años cincuenta. Sin embargo, en la década de los sesenta, psicólogos infantiles británi-cos cuestionaron las afirmaciones sobre el pensamiento patológico asumidas por Bleuler y crearon nuevos mé-todos para validar la psicología infantil como ciencia, en particular los estudios epidemiológicos.…”

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Procesos de atención a menores de 20 años en La Castañeda: evolución del concepto de infancia en psiquiatría

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Existe evidencia de que los niños y adolescentes pueden presentar problemas del desarrollo y trastornos psiquiátricos. Lo anterior es consecuencia del concepto de infancia y del refinamiento de las clasificaciones diagnósticas médicopsiquiátricas. Este artículo ofrece una mirada sobre los procesos de atención psiquiátrica brindados a 36 niños y adolescentes admitidos en el Manicomio La Castañeda en la primera mitad del siglo XX. Motivo de ingreso, tiempo de estancia, diagnósticos establecidos, tratamiento y motivo de egreso son algunos de los aspectos que se describen. Finalmente, se reflexiona sobre la existencia de un hospital psiquiátrico infantil, que siendo testimonio del pasado, tiene al mismo tiempo el desafío de convertirse en una institución innovadora; sitio que en el ámbito de las especialidades médicas reclama la psiquiatría infantil a favor de los menores que difícilmente pueden abogar por sí mismos.

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Eugen Bleuler's Dementia Praecox or the Group of Schizophrenias (1911): A Centenary Appreciation and Reconsideration

Cited by 141 publications

References 27 publications

Reconsideration of Psychasthenia- Two Cases

Reconsideration of Psychasthenia- Two Cases

Resilience Improves Neurocognition and Treatment Outcomes in Schizophrenia: A Hypothesis

Procesos de atención a menores de 20 años en La Castañeda: evolución del concepto de infancia en psiquiatría

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