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- The 'Introduction' of Strömgren's 'Episodic Psychoses' offers a detailed overview of the historical context and classification of episodic psychoses, presenting a critical analysis of their origins and evolution.
- Inspired by August Wimmer's work on psychogenic psychosis, Strömgren highlights the connections between episodic psychoses and both degeneration and psychogenic psychoses, illustrating their role as a transitional category in psychiatric classification.
- The text underscores ongoing debates within international psychiatry regarding the definitions and classifications of these disorders, reflecting the complexities and challenges in achieving a unified understanding.
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This anniversary Classic Text, the 'Introduction' from Strömgren's 'Episodic Psychoses', provides a comprehensive, concise and erudite exposition of the history, nosography and nosology of these conditions. Strömgren traces the origin of this term and concepts back to Magnan's degeneration psychoses and associated 'syndromes épisodiques'. Especially inspired by 'the psychogenic psychosis' (1916), the seminal work by his mentor, August Wimmer, he convincingly shows that the episodic psychoses constitute an intermediate link between the degeneration psychoses, now an obsolete term, and the psychogenic psychoses, reactive psychoses and brief reactive psychoses, which in their own right have been a bone of contention in international psychiatry for many decades and an obstacle in achieving consensus in international psychiatric classification.
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