Open dialogue for psychosis : organising mental health services to prioritise dialogue, relationship and meaning

Cover note: Published by Routledge for the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis

Prologue; SECTION 1: Introducing Open Dialogue; 1. What is Open Dialogue?; 2. The historical development of Open Dialogue in Western Lapland; 3. Psychosis is not an illness but a response to extreme stress – dialogue is a cure for it; SECTION 2: Personal, family and professional experiences of Open Dialogue; Editors’ introduction; 4. Our son is ‘coming back’: a dialogical-network approach to a young adult diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder; 5. The experience of a family Open Dialogue approach – a sister and practitioner refl ect one year after discharge from services; 6. Psychotic behaviour: symptom of a (brain) disease or an attempt at adjustment?; 7. The stress of tolerating uncertainty: emails can help!; 8. Rooted in love – a journey through a dark time with a teenager and his family; 9. Open Dialogue as a point of entry to reconnect to the real world of relationships; 10. Permission to speak!; SECTION 3: Open Dialogue training, including refl ections from trainers and participants and adaptations in different settings; Editors’ introduction; 11. Introducing Open Dialogue training; 12. Reflections on the dialogical design of the three/ four-year Open Dialogue training; 13. Reflections on participating in the three-year Open Dialogue training; 14. Thirteen years of running Open Dialogue foundation training programmes; 15. Reflections from participants on an Open Dialogue foundation training; 16. Being ‘in rhythm’ with participants during dialogical training; 17. Personal refl ections on the Italian Open Dialogue training; 18. UK NHS Peer- supported Open Dialogue training; SECTION 4: Introducing Open Dialogue in different contexts in various countries; Editors’ introduction; 19. Open Dialogue in Germany – opportunities and challenges; 20. Open Dialogue in the Italian national health service: a view from the borderland; 21. The challenges of introducing Open Dialogue into a UK Early Intervention in Psychosis Service; 22. Two Open Dialogue programmes at Advocates, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA; 23. Implementing Open Dialogue- informed practices at the counselling service of Addison County in Vermont, USA; 24. Migrant families: experiences using the Open Dialogue approach; 25. Peer workers in Open Dialogue; 26. The challenge of developing Open Dialogue in hospital settings; 27. Open Dialogue behind ‘closed doors’ (a locked ward); SECTION 5: Opening the dialogue with other approaches; Editors’ introduction; 28. Working with Open Dialogue within the neurobiological model – challenges and opportunities; 29. Systemic therapy and Open Dialogue; 30. Open Dialogue and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT); 31. Extending need- adapted interventions in a contemporary Open Dialogue service in Helsinki; 32. Interfamily therapy: application of dialogical practices in the multifamily group; 33. Psychoanalysis and Open Dialogue; 34. The affinities between therapeutic communities and Open Dialogue; 35. Open Dialogue and music therapy; SECTION 6: Research into Open Dialogue; Editors’ introduction; 36. Research into the need- adapted treatment approach to psychosis; 37. Research from Western Lapland of Open Dialogue for psychosis; 38. Open Dialogue adherence and fidelity tools; 39. The UK ODDESSI trial; 40. Research into a Peer-supported Open Dialogue service in the UK; 41. Open Dialogue for psychosis in five Danish municipalities – results and experiences; 42. Researching whether Finnish Open Dialogue transfers to the Italian mental health system; 43. A feasibility study of adapting Open Dialogue to the US health context: the Collaborative Pathway at Advocates, Massachusetts, USA; 44. The Parachute Project NYC – the project and outcomes of the Brooklyn mobile team; 45. Open Dialogue research in Ireland; 46. Anthropological research into Open Dialogue in Berlin; 47. Openness and authenticity in the Open Dialogue approach; Epilogue

This highly readable book provides a comprehensive examination of the use of Open Dialogue as a treatment for psychosis. It presents the basic principles and practice of Open Dialogue, explains the training needed to practice and explores how it is being developed internationally.

Open Dialogue for Psychosis includes first-hand accounts of the process by people receiving services due to having psychotic experiences, their family members and professionals who work with them. It explains how aspects of Open Dialogue have been introduced in services around the world, its overlap with and differentiation from other psychological approaches and its potential integration with biological and pharmacological considerations. The book concludes with a substantive section on the research available and its limitations.

Open Dialogue for Psychosis will be a key text for clinicians and administrators interested in this unique approach, particularly those who recognise that services need to change for the better and are seeking guidance on how this can be achieved. It will also be suitable for people who have experienced psychosis and members of their families and networks.

See the below link to the dedicated book webpage:

https://opendialogueforpsychosis.com/