Psychopathology and complexity: from linearity to self-organization
Abstract
The objective of this article is to carry out an analysis on the concept of complexity in psychopathology. Two theses are discussed. One approaches complexity as organization and maintains the sole use of traditional statistic techniques. The second, postulates the non-linearity of psychopathological processes and the need to take them on from the point of view of chaos, particularity and catastrophes. An alternative thesis upholds: psychopathological breakdown (which is constantly dynamic), if it is certain that it is not linear, is susceptible to being approached from regularities on the part of group studies, as they are also woven from relationships depending on a context, which is constantly dynamic, within the framework of interactions with major structures (like identity) which require systemic research with the aim of understanding its nature.
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