ABSTRACT
Bleuler's explanation for his choice of the term schizophrenia bears quotation. Subsequent quotations will demonstrate the pervasive and fundamental role of splitting, or dissociation, in schizophrenia. Bleuler repeatedly described the pervasive and fundamental role of psychological trauma in schizophrenia. Dissociative amnesia is a major symptom of Bleuler's schizophrenia. The irrefutable point is, regardless of etiology, amnesia is a major phenomenon in Bleuler's schizophrenia. The fact that people with schizophrenia often simultaneously meet criteria for dissociative identity disorder (DID) has been forgotten since Bleuler, but on the other hand, it is still a well-understood fact. The posttraumatic symptoms are core elements of Bleuler's phenomenology of schizophrenia and of his model of schizophrenia; they are not comorbidity because they are core aspects of schizophrenia. Although Bleuler's entire text could be regarded as a treatise on Janet's hysteria, certain aspects of his phenomenology are particularly reminiscent of Janet, who is today regarded as the grandfather of the dissociative disorders field.
