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Emil Kraepelin
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German psychiatrist (1856–1926)
Emil Kraepelin was a German psychiatrist who lived from 1856 to 1926 and is considered one of the foundational figures in modern psychiatry. His work establishing systematic classification systems for mental disorders laid crucial groundwork for how psychiatric conditions are understood and diagnosed today.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1856-02-15 ) 15 February 1856, Neustrelitz , Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , German Confederation
- Died
- 7 October 1926 (1926-10-07) (aged 70), Munich , Bavaria , Weimar Republic
- Alma mater
- Leipzig University , University of Würzburg , (MBBS, 1878), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München , (Dr. hab. med., 1882)
- Known for
- Classification of mental disorders , Kraepelinian dichotomy
- Spouse
- Ina Marie Marie Wilhelmine Schwabe
- Children
- 2 sons, 6 daughters
- Fields
- Psychiatry
- Institutions
- Leipzig University , Imperial University of Dorpat , Heidelberg University , Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Thesis
- The Place of Psychology in Psychiatry (1882)
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Georg
- Family name
- Kraepelin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Weimar Republic
- Place of birth
- Neustrelitz
- Place of death
- Munich
- Sibling
- Karl Kraepelin
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Würzburg
- Employer
- Heidelberg University
- Political party
- German Fatherland Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Doctoral advisor
- Wilhelm Wundt
- Student of
- Bernhard von Gudden
- Doctoral student
- Ernst Kretschmer
- Image
- Emil Kraepelin 1926.jpg
- Work location
- Heidelberg
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- Emil Kraepelin
- date of birth
- 1856-02-15
- date of death
- 1926-10-07
- member of
- Royal Physiographic Society in Lund
- name in native language
- Emil Kraepelin
- birth name
- Emil Wilhelm Magnus Georg Kraepelin
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- writing language
- German
- influenced by
- Wilhelm Wundt
- student
- Ernst Rüdin
- contributed to creative work
- Popular Science
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- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Emil Wilhelm Georg Magnus Kraepelin (/ˈkrɛpəlɪn/; German: [ˈeːmiːl 'kʁɛːpəliːn]; 15 February 1856 – 7 October 1926) was a German psychiatrist. Fellow psychiatrist Hans Eysenck's Encyclopedia of Psychology identified him as helping to lay the foundation for modern scientific psychiatry, 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 20th century and, despite the later psychodynamic influence of Sigmund Freud and his disciples, enjoyed a revival at century's end. While he proclaimed his own high clinical standards of gathering information "by means of expert analysis of individual cases", he also drew on reported observations of officials not trained in psychiatry.
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