Two Year Outcomes: Finnish Open Dialogue Alternative to Traditional Psychiatry

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Info This is a study published in 2000 about two-year outcomes from the “Open Dialogue” alternative in Finland. From “Spiritual Recoveries”: Jaakko Seikkula, Ph.D. is a professor at the Institute of Social Medicine at the University of Tromso in Norway and senior assistant at the Department of Psychology in the University of Jyvskyl in Finland.…

Finland Open Dialogue

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Info Finland Open Dialogue A Finnish alternative to the traditional mental health system for people diagnosed with “psychoses” such as “schizophrenia” is “Open Dialogue.” This approach aims to support the individual’s network of family and friends, as well as respect the decision-making of the individual. Here are two follow-up studies: One is a two-year follow-up…