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What term would best describe Kraepelin's view of psychiatric diseases?

  • Inconsequential

  • Spiritually-caused

  • Biological

  • Self-inflicted

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**Biological**. Kraepelin proposed that psychiatric diseases are biological in nature, caused by physical abnormalities in the brain. This view revolutionized psychiatry, shifting the focus from psychological to biological factors.
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