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Schizophrenia is a debilitating illness affecting thinking.
The DSM Criteria are given here . History Kraepelin first marked schizophrenia out as a distinct disorder calling it dementia praecox - or precocious dementia to emphasize the chronic and progressive nature of the disease. Subsequently, Bleuler, another German psychiatrist coined the term schizophrenia and this is the name which we have today. Common to all parts of the world. Common to all cultures.