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Kreapelin: The Leading Manifestation Of Schizophrenia

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Kreapelin was the leading theorist in the designation that separated schizophrenia from other psychotic disorders included affective disorders such as bipolar disorder. The isolation of schizophrenia was first witnessed in 1887 though there are accounts of similar symptoms throughout history (Burton, 2012). The initial stigma associated with psychotic disorders and individuals with schizophrenia encourage the use of these terms to be synonymous with “insane” or “crazy” which has caused obstacles and segregation for the sufferers of these disorders from a society fearful of the unstable mentally ill. The manifestation of schizophrenia was originally only recognized by the more visible and easily observable symptoms that proved more difficult
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