notable figures: Emil Kraepelin

(1856-1926)

This German psychiatrist is known for separating into different groups the mental disorders now known as schizophrenia (He called it dementia praecox) and bipolar disorder based on classification using symptoms and course of illness.

• Kraepelin, Emil Clinical Psychiatry (History of Psychology Ser.) Hardcover 1981
• Kraepelin, Emil General Paresis (Nervous and Mental Disease Monograph, No 14) Hardcover 1989
• Kraepelin, Emil Manic-Depressive Insanity and Paranoia (Classics in Psychiatry) Hardcover 1921
• Kraepelin, Emil Psychiatry - A Textbook for Students and Physicians Hardcover 1991

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