Kraepelin spoke out against the barbarous treatment that was prevalent in the psychiatric asylums of the time, and crusaded against alcohol, capital punishment and the imprisonment rather than treatment of the insane.
Kraepelin manifestouse en contra do tratamento bárbaro que prevalecía nos asilos psiquiátricos da época, e lanzouse nunha cruzada contra o alcohol, a pena capital e a prisión en vez do tratamento da tolemia.