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Emil Kraepelin and the origins of American psychiatric diagnosis

Allan Young

pp. 175-181

Abstract

Like every clinical science, psychiatry has a linguistic jumping off place, a bedrock of basic words and meanings that no longer attract scrutiny. It is on this foundation that writers, researchers, and clinicians build their routines and reputations.

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Pfleiderer Beatrix, Bibeau Gilles (1991) Anthropologies of medicine: a colloquium on West European and North American perspectives. Wiesbaden, Vieweg+Teubner.

Pages: 175-181

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-322-87859-5_13

Full citation:

Young Allan (1991) „Emil Kraepelin and the origins of American psychiatric diagnosis“, In: B. Pfleiderer & G. Bibeau (eds.), Anthropologies of medicine, Wiesbaden, Vieweg+Teubner, 175–181.