[Schizophrenia and systems therapy].

Abstract

The notion of Systems Therapy subsumes two different although closely interrelated issues. On the one hand Systems Therapy implies a systemic Eco-Anthropology based upon Systems Science, i.e., a Systems Theory of man in and with his environment. On the other hand Systems Therapy is a theory and a practice of the therapeutic transformation of human systems, based upon a systemic Eco-Anthropology. Three basic concepts of Systems Therapy are presented here: the concept of the organism as a system, the concept of the eco-system, and the concept of the transactional field with its basic organization and its corresponding transactional patterns. These concepts are illustrated by many examples taken from case histories of schizophrenic patients and systems. The status quo of the scientific epistemic process in the field of schizophrenia is evaluated from the perspective of Systems Therapy in 1983. With rare exceptions English notions are not translated into German in order to avoid terminological errors and lack of precision.