schizophrenia was thought to be rare in the history books before the 19th century, reports of irrational, unintelligible, or uncontrolled behavior were common. The word schizophrenia roughly translates into “splitting of the mind” which comes from the Greek roots schizein (to split) and phren (mind). Eugen Bleuler joined this word and described the separate functions such as personality, thinking, memory, and perception. In later years, specifically the 1970s, procedures were created in order to diagnose…
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