Healthy Skepticism Library item: 16386

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Publication type: Journal Article

Kraepelin E, Freud S, Healy D.
Kraepelin-fraud syndrome.
Med Hypotheses 2009 Apr; 72:(4):378-80 Epub
http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0306-9877(08)00662-2

Abstract:

Emil Kraepelin (1856-1926) and Sigmund Freud (1856-1936) here (via mysterious mediumistic mechanisms) describe a syndrome, which probably emerged in the 1950s, and can now readily be observed at medical conferences. At its core, the syndrome is comprised of extreme abilities to compartmentalise information of the type found in scientific conferences, an episodic preoccupation with the surface of a science but inability to appreciate its substance (episodic logosagnosia) and a mood state that is heavily dependent on gratification from the range of outlets available at modern conferences. Current estimates of the frequency of the condition are that there are approximately 20 full-blown psychopharmacological carriers of the syndrome per 100 million populations. This should yield a figure of 200 in Europe and North America. If a similar phenomenon applies in other branches of medicine this would yield a further 1200 affected individuals in Western medical circles. It is of pressing interest to establish whether the Kraepelin-Fraud Syndrome exists to any degree in non-medical science, and whether there are differences between those sciences with and without significant commercial applications.

Keywords:
Humans Male Middle Aged Syndrome Thinking