Academic Highlights August 31, 2000

Novel Antipsychotic Use in Schizophrenia

J Clin Psychiatry 2000;61(3):223-232

Article Abstract

It is now 100 years since the conceptof dementia praecox was first proposedby Kraepelin and then renamedschizophrenia by Bleuler. In his laterwritings, Kraepelin made it clear thathe regarded it as a provisional category.Sadly, we are still stuck withthis provisional category, said ProfessorRobin Murray in his presentation.