Humayon B Dewan, Fawad Kaiser.
Critical evaluation of the concept of Schizophrenia from a historical perspective.
Rawal Med J Jan ;31(1):41-3.

Brief descriptions of an illness resembling schizophrenia can be found hundreds of years ago but it was not until the middle of 19th Century that Morel1 first coined the term “demence precoce” to describe a disorder starting in adolescence and leading first to withdrawal, odd mannerisms and self neglect then eventually to intellectual deterioration. Morel searched for specific entities and argued for a classification based on cause, symptoms and outcome. This is a review article.

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