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The dialogue room

This looks like a very promising initiative.

I hope it will expand across different contexts, times, and languages.

They’ve put together an excellent website—so rather than take my word for it, click through and explore it yourself.

We’re looking forward to hearing more from Mark, especially about the results so far and the potential for wider adoption in other languages.

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Disseminate3

I wait with the confidence that, over time, knowledge and interest will develop — a confidence that can bring encouragement to all of us.
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Disseminate2

(Received and published "as is" by Luca. Translation by ChatGPT)

Dear colleagues and friends of the forum,

Here I am again to update you on the ongoing development of the outreach project for Open Dialogue and humanistic approaches in psychiatry, as promised in my previous post.

My commitment to this project continues steadily, and I’m pleased to share with you the progress made and the next steps ahead.

Personal Training and Research

This initial phase is focused on personal training. I am deepening my understanding of Open Dialogue by studying key texts:

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Disseminate

(received from Luca and published "as is", translation by Deepl)

As a nurse working in a psychiatric inpatient service, I was surprised at how little the Open Dialogue approach is known, not only among nurses but also among physicians and residents.

I tried to observe the resistance I was encountering by talking about it r to understand the mindset from which they were emerging. 
I learned about the changing landscape within which psychiatry as a medical discipline has developed. 
I do not appreciate the term strategies because it indicates and evokes an almost belligerent attitude in an adversarial context. Instead, I have tried to identify directions in which to move that would allow me to share an approach that is at least interesting to me without aggravating a perceived divide.

In this brief text I would like to share the solutions I have found and am exploring.

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Polvere di sogni

Riflessioni tra tradizione e futuro

Si è da poco concluso l’IMDRAP 2024, una tradizione che continua negli anni, che si rinnova costantemente nel tentativo di mantenere la propria essenza. Un’occasione per esplorare approcci dialogici e riflessivi nel trattamento della psicosi ma anche di altri stati mentali. 

Con in valigia la passione, il desiderio di cambiare i servizi di salute mentale e la curiosità di ascoltare approcci diversi alla psicosi, professionisti provenienti dai 5 continenti e 28 Paesi del mondo hanno contribuito a rendere questi giorni speciali.

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