For decades, the etiology of schizophrenia has altered and caused some controversies that researchers currently do not have answers to (Gupta & Kulhara, 2010). Scientists have conducted studies that prove that schizophrenia is a neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorder. Still, that is not enough for some experts who think otherwise. Some argue that schizophrenia is a biological disorder but there are people who disagreed. Scientists even traced back to a clinical observation involving Kraepelin and Bleuler, who have a history of schizophrenia because their parents were well known for neurological and behavioral abnormalities. Thomas Clouston was a Scottish psychiatrist who first came up with the idea that schizophrenia is related to "developmental insanity". In this modern era, some researchers support his stand and others have doubted his theory and have some unanswered questions.
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Nonetheless, the term schizophrenia did not originate until 1910 by Paul Eugen Bleuler. Bleuler was a Swiss psychiatrist who was able to break down the definition of the word schizophrenia. From the word itself, he figured that the Greek words ‘Schizo', meaning split and ‘phren', meaning mind. Then, he was able to make the assumption that schizophrenia deals with dislocating thoughts and feelings in a way that affect the mind. In 1887, a German psychiatrist, Emil Kraepelin misinterpreted the word schizophrenia. He thought it was ‘dementia praecox', which means the "dementia of early life". Despite their own definition of schizophrenia, Bleuler and Kraepelin eventually gathered their ideas, combined them and was able to reach the conclusion that a person who has schizophrenia has not had a split personality like most people think, but instead the patient has some "consciousness of memories and experiences" and changeable and unpredictable
Nonetheless, the term schizophrenia did not originate until 1910 by Paul Eugen Bleuler. Bleuler was a Swiss psychiatrist who was able to break down the definition of the word schizophrenia. From the word itself, he figured that the Greek words ‘Schizo', meaning split and ‘phren', meaning mind. Then, he was able to make the assumption that schizophrenia deals with dislocating thoughts and feelings in a way that affect the mind. In 1887, a German psychiatrist, Emil Kraepelin misinterpreted the word schizophrenia. He thought it was ‘dementia praecox', which means the "dementia of early life". Despite their own definition of schizophrenia, Bleuler and Kraepelin eventually gathered their ideas, combined them and was able to reach the conclusion that a person who has schizophrenia has not had a split personality like most people think, but instead the patient has some "consciousness of memories and experiences" and changeable and unpredictable