The Molecular and Quantum Approach to Psychopathology and Consciousness — From Theory to Experimental Practice

Cocchi, Massimo; Tonello, Lucio; Gabrielli, Fabio

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“…Some powerful contributions of the QPP group (Woolf et al, 2010;Pylkkänen, 2010;Zizzi & Pregnolato, 2012;Mender, 2013), and especially of the Q-NeMoMa Research done by Cocchi's, Gabrielli's and Tonello's group (Cocchi et al 2011;Cocchi et al 2013a;Cocchi et al 2013b;Cocchi et al 2015a;Cocchi et al 2015b;Tonello et al 2015) aimed at defining the experimental procedures to identify molecular modifications of neurons according to changes in neuronal membrane viscosity (quantum and molecular computation), opens new important perspectives for the treatment of mood disorders (Major Depression and Bipolar Disorder), while raising, in the meantime, the issue of finding the most suitable interpretative and applicative ethics.…”

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Quantum Paradigms of Psychopathology: From Consciousness to Neuroethics

Cocchi¹,

Tonello²,

Gabrielli³

2017

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The present work deals with the complexity of the arguments underlying the meaning of the quantum paradigm of psychopathology. In particular, the quantum approach to the understanding of the brain and consciousness, seems to present convergence of thinking of many scientists and also seems to be the most promising way in the approach of future research. The practical potency of classical neuroscience directed toward either beneficial or perverse purposes will prove in the end limited by that orthodox paradigm's inherently poor explanatory power in linking mind and brain, especially at the basic level of the Hard Problem as Chalmers (1995) has termed. However, if quantum neurobiology should demonstrate greater explanatory power than does its classical counterpart, then an enhanced potential not only for constructive psychiatric application but also for politically motivated abuse will follow with a vengeance. If the mechanistic-reductionist cognitive approaches have been characterised by the metaphor of the "edifice", of the solid Cartesian rock, all the forms of knowledge founded on complexity theory, have been characterised by the metaphor of the "network", of thinking in relationships, in a dynamic, fluid, open manner. In the field of mental illness, this means setting aside both the organicist paradigm and the pseudo-phenomenological, "sentimental", and therefore ideological, paradigm, in order to have an integrated view of biological objectiveness and humanistic psychotherapy. That is to say, an expression of diverse interrelated contributions from the various disciplines (psychiatry, psychology, biochemistry, anthropology, quantum physics, mathematics, philosophy). The observer thus becomes a builder of models, a manager of complexity, giving treatment the character of a truly empathic relationship. This is all the more so where distressing pathologies are involved, such as Major Depression (MD) and Bipolar Disorder (BD), caput mortuum of psychiatry, because the absence of cogent biological markers seriously compromises every form of therapy.

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Quantum Paradigms of Psychopathology: From Consciousness to Neuroethics

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Gabrielli³

2017

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“…In recent years, several studies have shown that depression is not just a human disease but it has a molecular affinity within the animal kingdom [1,2]. Until now, research on depression have mainly been focused on the genetic, behavioral and neurological aspects of the mental illness.…”

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Depression and Microbiome—Study on the Relation and Contiguity between Dogs and Humans

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Behavioral studies demonstrate that not only humans, but all other animals including dogs, can suffer from depression. A quantitative molecular evaluation of fatty acids in human and animal platelets has already evidenced similarities between people suffering from depression and German Shepherds, suggesting that domestication has led dogs to be similar to humans. In order to verify whether humans and dogs suffering from similar pathologies also share similar microorganisms at the intestinal level, in this study the gut-microbiota composition of 12 German Shepherds was compared to that of 15 dogs belonging to mixed breeds which do not suffer from depression. Moreover, the relation between the microbiota of the German Shepherd’s group and that of patients with depression has been investigated. The results indicate that the German Shepherd’s gut-microbiota has a different composition compared to other dog breeds and is characterized by microbial groups identified in humans with depression, highlighting the existence of a “core” microbiota associated with depression.

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“…Clearly, the dichotomy between conservative and progressive psychiatry is not over, despite the efforts of the scientific research in the field of psychiatry, brain, neurotransmitters and quantum computation of the brain and consciousness, i.e., the disciplines that belong to neuroscience. It seems correct, from the ethic point of view, to remember how difficult it is to consider research in psychiatry as completely independent from influential external factors (kuhnian paradigms) [1].…”

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The Suicide Attempt in an Artificial Neural Network (Self Organizing Map)

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The Molecular and Quantum Approach to Psychopathology and Consciousness — From Theory to Experimental Practice

Cited by 3 publications

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Quantum Paradigms of Psychopathology: From Consciousness to Neuroethics

Quantum Paradigms of Psychopathology: From Consciousness to Neuroethics

Depression and Microbiome—Study on the Relation and Contiguity between Dogs and Humans

The Suicide Attempt in an Artificial Neural Network (Self Organizing Map)

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