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Also Known As insanity • madness • mental illness • psychiatric disorder

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Erich Fromm
Ivan Pavlov
Eugen Bleuler
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Philippe Pinel
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Josef Breuer
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Eleanor Clarke Slagle
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Emil Kraepelin
German psychiatrist
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Pierre Janet
French neurologist and psychologist
Philippe Pinel
Philippe Pinel
French physician
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Isaac Newton Kerlin
American physician and administrator
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Benedict Augustin Morel
Austrian-born French psychologist
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Greek physician
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Jean-Étienne-Dominique Esquirol
French psychiatrist

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