ABSTRACT
The Negative Entropy protocol constitutes an integrated therapeutic program that is articulated in a succession of strategically interrelated stages. The various phases of the Negative Entropy intervention, even though developed in specific terms for schizophrenia, constitute obligatory steps, in any therapeutic and rehabilitative project. The therapeutic setting constitutes an ideal training ground to develop improved metacognitive skills. Semi-residential structures constitute an elective setting for the provision of the mid-period therapeutic and rehabilitative program which can sometimes last for a long while. Two specific formats can be identified: the day hospital and the day center. The clinical setting is an out-patient structure that, can be developed in both a public and private context. The Residential Community constitutes a still more advanced setting in respect to the therapeutic and rehabilitative community and is characterized by social support rather than a medical approach.
