[Wernicke's classification and others concepts of classifying mental disorders]

(Klasyfikacja Wernickego na tle innych koncepcji klasyfikowania zaburzen psychicznych.)

Full Abstract

The authors of this article on the basis "Uber die Klassifikation der Psychosen" analysis present the method of mental disorders' classification proposed by Carl Wernicke in 1899. Wernicke's classification was an alternative for other classification concepts existing in the 19th century. Carl Wernicke as one of the first noticed the impossibility of creating a classification based on etiology. Basing his classification concept on mental disorders localisation, he created an alternative opposed to classifications based on two main approaches: descriptive and etiological.

Author information

Author/s: Pawlowski, Tomasz (T); Kiejna, Andrzej (A);

Affiliation: Kliniki Psychiatrii AM we Wroclawiu. tpawlow(-atsign-)dilnet.wroc.pl

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Biography; English Abstract; Historical Article; Journal Article

Journal: Psychiatria polska (Psychiatr Pol), published in Poland. (Language: pol)

Reference: -2003 Jan-Feb; vol 37 (issue 1) : pp 135-42

Dates: Created 2003/04/10; Completed 2003/07/01; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 12685310, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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