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He was able to analyze only one case and she retained her affect; it was even labile and marked. One suspects that such a case might, perhaps, not really find a place in the “Benommenheit” group even as Bleuler himself describes it.
He writes, of course, mainly of dementia præcox, but makes some remarks germane to our problem. In the first place he denies the existence of stupor as a clinical entity, except perhaps as the quintessence of “Benommenheit”, it is the result of total blocking of mental processes.
But in stupor the deficit in understanding, incapacity to solve simple problems and failure of memory seem deep-rooted and fundamental symptoms. So far is this true that Bleuler looks on “schizophrenic” cases with this symptom of “Benommenheit” as organic in etiology. It may be said at the outset that we do not share this view for many reasons.
He speaks, for instance, of the visits of relatives waking the patient up. His only real group is “Benommenheit,” which he separates out as a true clinical entity. This seems to correspond roughly with our “Partial Stupors.” It is essentially an affectless, thinking disorder, usually acute, sometimes chronic, occurring among schizophrenics.
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