| American Madness: The Rise and Fall of Dementia Praecox In 1895 there was not a single case of dementia praecox reported in the United States. By 1912 there were tens of thousands of people with this diagnosis locked up in asylums, hospitals, and jails. By 1927 it was fading away . How could such a terrible disease be discovered, affect so many lives, and then turn out to be something else? Noll Richard : Richard Noll is Associate Professor of Psychology at DeSales University. |