Book description
Schizophrenia is the central problem in the sciences of the mind, not
only for its etiological, psychopathological and clinical aspects, but
also because of its implications for therapy and rehabilitation. In this
volume the author describes a series of new scientific and clinical
perspectives for schizophrenia influenced by cognitivist and
constructivist approaches and informed by the logic of complexity and
non-linear, dynamic systems. The author delineates a new complex theory
of the brain and a procedural theory of the mind, founded on the concept
of the modular brain and the coalitional mind. Subsequently, the author
develops a multi-factorial conceptualization of the etiological dynamic
and an original, complex, and evolutionary perspective concerning the
psychotic condition, which has been redefined, in this case, as Entropy
of the Mind or Phrenentropy. In conclusion, the author illustrates an
innovative, integrated protocol, denominated Negative Entropy, for the
treatment and rehabilitation of patients with schizophrenia.
