DSM-5: Defining Mental Disorders
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Who played a dominant role in the early development of the biological viewpoint in psychiatry?

Emil Kraepelin

What was the title of Kraepelin's book that emphasized the importance of brain pathology in mental disorders?

Compendium der Psychiatrie

What was Kraepelin's major contribution to the field of psychopathology?

A system of classification of mental disorders

According to Kraepelin, what was the significance of certain symptom patterns occurring together regularly?

<p>They could be regarded as specific types of mental disease</p> Signup and view all the answers

How did Kraepelin view each type of mental disorder?

<p>As distinct from the others</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Kraepelin believe about the course of each mental disorder?

<p>It was predetermined and predictable</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the outcome of a given type of mental disorder, according to Kraepelin?

<p>Presumably predictable</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the significance of Kraepelin's classification system?

<p>It is the basis of our present system</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the task of integrating clinical material for classification, according to Kraepelin?

<p>A Herculean task</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the result of Kraepelin's classification system?

<p>A scheme of classification</p> Signup and view all the answers

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