ABSTRACT
Kurt Schneider revised and narrowed the concept of E. Bleuler’s Schizophrenia by talking in terms of first rank symptoms. He argued that in the absence of epilepsy, intoxication or gross cerebral damage, the presence of certain factors was crucial for the diagnosis of Schizophrenia. Pathogenic parenting models and their destructive impact have their origin in psychodynamic models, in Bleuler’s theories on the origins of Schizophrenia and the work of those within the psychoanalytical tradition such as Frieda Fromm-Reichmann. If Schizophrenia is a modern disorder then the case for certain biological models, particularly viral models, becomes strengthened and the analogies with certain forms of mental disorder that are known to be caused by infections become pertinent. Bleuler felt that in many cases of Alcoholic Hallucinosis one saw Schizophrenia precipitated by alcohol, though thinking suggests that, although acute cases may resemble Schizophrenia, in some areas it is a separate disorder.
