Question

The term Schizophrenia was used for the first time by ______.

Options

• Albert Ellis

• Eugene Bleuler

• John Travis

Answer 1

The term Schizophrenia was used for the first time by Eugene Bleuler.

Explanation:

Eugene Bleuler, a Swiss physician, invented the word schizophrenia in 1908 to replace the previously used term dementia praecox. He derived the word from the Greek words schizo (split) and phren (mind), to express the fragmentation of mental functions rather than a “split personality”.