Question

Emil kraepelin gave the label "dementia praecox" to the disorder now known as schizophrenia because he believed that the disorder resulted from:

Answer 1

Explanation:

In Kraepelin's view, all psychiatric conditions could be classified as either manic-depressive illness or dementia praecox. The first included all mood disorders, while the second included all disorders related to cognitive functioning.

Those disorders that fell under the umbrella of dementia praecox included paranoid, catatonic, and hebephrenic psychosis.

Kraepelin made clear his belief that poisoning of the brain, "auto-intoxication," probably by sex hormones, may underlie dementia praecox.