The Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care would like to congratulate the research team coordinated by Drs. Raffaella Pocobello (ISTC-CNR) and Giuseppe Salamina (ASL-TO) who will conduct the Expanding the Science and Practice of Open Dialogue: An international collaborative multicenter research project to evaluate the effectiveness of Open Dialogue in various mental health care contexts around the world.
The Open Dialogue approach to early psychosis is contrasted to the standard practice of immediate diagnosis and prescribing antipsychotic medication for people experiencing early psychosis. While Open Dialogue is growing in practice around the world and shows great promise, studies worldwide are limited and lack systematic application across settings.
This new project, based on an international collaborative process, will produce consistent documentation of Open Dialogue practices across study sites and further our understanding of the challenges and successes of improving the quality of Open Dialogue practice, in particular, how Open Dialogue practices can be advanced in such a way that they are implemented with fidelity to the evidence as they are adapted for local contexts and cultures.
This grant will fund the preparatory phase (year 1) of a three-part work plan. Funds are currently being raised to support year two’s pilot phase and the subsequent main study phase.
Basic Tenets of Open Dialogue
Open Dialogue is one of the most promising approaches for mental health care. It is a family/personal network approach based on the following principles:
EXCELLENCE is an international mental health community foundation which matches private philanthropy to independent research projects and innovative programs that lead to recovery. Our team of donors and volunteers embodies a rich diversity of knowledge and expertise including people with lived experience of our current system of care, family members, psychiatrists and other clinical professionals, researchers, and philanthropists. EXCELLENCE strives to nurture scientific excellence and innovation in mental health research and program support by supporting scientific rigor, trauma-informed care, informed consent, peer support and recovery-based initiatives.
Principle investigators can be reached at Guiseppe Salamina [email protected] and Raffaella Pocobello [email protected].
Wonderful recognition of the great work I know Giuseppe and his associates have been doing over many years to implement this important approach. Congratulations!