Milestones in Psychiatric History

Psychiatry

A challenging collection of questions focusing on the origins, key figures, and clinical breakthroughs in the field of psychiatry.

medical history psychiatry science

12 Questions Hard Ages 18+ Apr 21, 2026

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1 Who is credited with publishing the first systematic classification of mental disorders in his 1883 work 'Compendium der Psychiatrie'?

A Emil Kraepelin
B Sigmund Freud
C Philippe Pinel
D Eugen Bleuler

2 In which year did Ugo Cerletti and Lucio Bini first perform successful electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) on a human patient?

A 1928
B 1938
C 1945
D 1952

3 Which substance was the first to be discovered as a mood stabilizer and effectively used for the treatment of bipolar disorder by John Cade in 1949?

A Chlorpromazine
B Lithium Carbonate
C Diazepam
D Haloperidol

4 Who coined the term 'schizophrenia' in 1908 to replace the previous term 'dementia praecox'?

A Karl Jaspers
B Adolf Meyer
C Eugen Bleuler
D Alois Alzheimer

5 What was the name of the first antipsychotic medication, discovered in 1950 and introduced into psychiatric practice in 1952?

A Reserpine
B Haloperidol
C Chlorpromazine
D Clozapine

6 Which physician is historically recognized for 'unchaining the insane' at the Bicêtre Hospital in Paris in the late 18th century?

A Jean-Martin Charcot
B Philippe Pinel
C Benjamin Rush
D William Tuke

7 The term 'Psychiatrie' was first coined in 1808 by which German physician?

A Johann Christian Reil
B Wilhelm Griesinger
C Ernst von Feuchtersleben
D Carl Wernicke

8 In 1927, Julius Wagner-Jauregg was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for which specific psychiatric treatment discovery?

A Prefrontal lobotomy
B Malaria therapy for general paresis
C Insulin coma therapy
D Psychopharmacological stabilization

9 Which American psychiatrist published the first edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) in 1952?

A The American Psychiatric Association
B The World Health Organization
C The Menninger Foundation
D The National Institute of Mental Health

10 Who performed the first 'leucotomy' (the precursor to the lobotomy) in 1935, for which he later received the Nobel Prize?

A Walter Freeman
B James Watts
C António Egas Moniz
D H. Houston Merritt

11 Which Swiss psychiatrist pioneered the use of the word-association test and introduced the concept of the 'complex'?

A Carl Jung
B Alfred Adler
C Otto Rank
D Sándor Ferenczi

12 What was the first benzodiazepine, synthesized in 1955 and marketed in 1960, which revolutionized the treatment of anxiety?

A Diazepam
B Chlordiazepoxide
C Alprazolam
D Lorazepam

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