Entropy of mind and negative entropy [[electronic resource] ] : a cognitive and complex approach to schizophrenia and its therapy / / Tullio Scrimali ; preface by Arthur Freeman
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Scrimali Tullio
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| Titolo: |
Entropy of mind and negative entropy [[electronic resource] ] : a cognitive and complex approach to schizophrenia and its therapy / / Tullio Scrimali ; preface by Arthur Freeman
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| Pubblicazione: | London, : Karnac, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (642 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 616.89/8 |
| 616.8980651 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Schizophrenia |
| Schizophrenia - Treatment | |
| Psychology, Pathological | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-412). |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Copy Right; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Preface; Prologue: The Salt Works, Negentropic Machine; Introduction; PART ONE: MIND, BRAIN, ENTROPY; CHAPTER ONE: Cognitive Therapy and Schizophrenia: From Human Information Processing to the Logic of Complex Systems; CHAPTER TWO: On the Trail of the Entropy of Mind; PART TWO: ENTROPY OF MIND OR PHRENENTROPY; CHAPTER THREE: Etiology and Pathogenesis; CHAPTER FOUR: Psychopathology; PART THREE: NEGATIVE ENTROPY; CHAPTER FIVE; Conceptualization, Diagnosis, Assessment; CHAPTER SIX: Prolegomena for Psychological Therapy of Schizophrenia |
| CHAPTER SEVEN: The Setting CHAPTER EIGHT: The Neuroleptics: Specific Therapy or Remedy for Symptoms?; CHAPTER NINE: Psychotherapy; CHAPTER TEN: Rehabilitation; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Prevention; CHAPTER TWELVE: The Prevention of Stigma; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Piero's Story; Epilogue: Perennial Possession; REFERENCES | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Entropy of mind and negative entropy |
| ISBN: | 9780429896899 |
| 0-429-47430-X | |
| 1-283-07071-5 | |
| 9786613070715 | |
| 1-84940-662-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910456688403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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