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The first documented proof of what is now called schizophrenia. Described episodes of madness involving hearing voices, seeing visions and erratic and unruly behaviour.
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Opicinus de Canistris at the papal court in Avignon is struck by "Schizophrenia". Brought attention to the disease.
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Sculptor Messerschmidt was affected by Schizophrenia. He would depict the symptoms of schizophrenia in his sculptures.
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Psychiatrists Philippe Pinel and John Haslam describe patients who they believe have premature dementia.
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Nikolai Gogol's short story "Diary of a Madman" is about a man who has Schizophrenia.
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Heinrich Schüle uses the term "dementia praecox" to try to describe Schizophrenia. Psychologist's still aren't sure exactly what the disease is.
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Emil Kraepelin officially uses the name to address the madness.
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Psychiatrist Adolf Meyer argues that mental illness is triggered by a phenomena, such as stress, trauma, or a difficult childhood.
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Eugene Bleuler names the madness schizophrenia, "split mind".
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The wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald, is diagnosed with schizophrenia.
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The U.S. (FDA) approves chlorpromazine as an antipsychotic. It is now available for those diagnosed with schizophrenia.
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Kurt Schneider describes the core symptoms that make up schizophrenia.
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The DSM-III descries 5 different types of schizophrenia.
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Mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr. is given a Nobel Prize for his excellence in math even though he had schizophrenia.
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The DSM-5 removes the schizophrenia subtypes.