The Comprehensive Open-Dialogue Approach in Western Lapland: II. Long-term stability of acute psychosis outcomes in advanced community care

Seikkula, Jaakko; Alakare, Birgitta; Aaltonen, Jukka

doi:10.1080/17522439.2011.595819

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“…There is a clear need for well-defined therapeutic approaches that can address the sequalae of interpersonal adversity in patients diagnosed with psychosis, particularly given the frequency with which previous victimisation may manifest in the content and maintenance of positive symptoms (Hardy et al 2005;Raune et al 2006;Thompson et al 2010;Falukozi & Addington, 2012;Corstens & Longden, 2013). One promising approach (Read et al 2003) is combining trauma-focused therapeutic models (e.g., Herman, 1992;Ross & Halpern, 2009;Bacon & Kennedy, 2014) with treatments that have established effectiveness in alleviating psychotic symptoms (e. g., acceptance and commitment therapy (Gaudiano & Herbert, 2006), cognitive therapy (Morrison et al 2014), compassion-focused therapy (Braehler et al 2013), early intervention strategies (McGorry et al 2008) and Open Dialogue (Seikkula et al 2011)).…”

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Childhood adversity and psychosis: generalised or specific effects?

Longden

Sampson

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2015

Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci

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Background. This study examines relationships between childhood adversity and the presence of characteristic symptoms of schizophrenia. It was hypothesised that total adversity exposures would be significantly higher in individuals exhibiting these symptoms relative to patients without. Recent proposals that differential associations exist between specific psychotic symptoms and specific adversities was also tested, namely: sexual abuse and hallucinations, physical abuse and delusions, and fostering/adoption and delusions.

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Childhood adversity and psychosis: generalised or specific effects?

Longden

Sampson

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2015

Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci

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“…In addition, those engaged in a turning away style of response might find such treatments unhelpful and require some time to be ready to undertake such work. These caveats aside, the critical role of interpersonal dialogue and solidarity is also becoming recognized in the network therapy of Seikkula and colleagues (e.g., Seikkula, 2002Seikkula, , 2008Seikkula, , 2011Seikkula, Alakare, & Aaltonen, 2011). This approach involves intensive engagement with the client, the entire family, and any other loved ones and professional stakeholders involved.…”

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Investigating the Lived Experience of Recovery in People Who Hear Voices

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Although there is evidence of both clinical and personal recovery from distressing voices, the process of recovery over time is unclear. Narrative inquiry was used to investigate 11 voice-hearers’ lived experience of recovery. After a period of despair/exhaustion, two recovery typologies emerged: (a) turning toward/empowerment, which involved developing a normalized account of voices, building voice-specific skills, integration of voices into daily life, and a transformation of identity, and (b) turning away/protective hibernation, which involved harnessing all available resources to survive the experience, with the importance of medication in recovery being emphasized. Results indicated the importance of services being sensitive and responsive to a person’s recovery style at any given time and their readiness for change. Coming to hold a normalized account of voice-hearing and the self and witnessing of preferred narratives by others were essential in the more robust turning toward recovery typology.

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“…Finally, the Open Dialogue approach (Seikkula, Aaltonen, Alakare, Haarakangas, Keränen & Lehtinen, 2006), innovative in its psychosocial dimensions, can be considered a promising practice for which some evidence of efficacy has been accumulated (Aaltonen, Seikkula & Lehtinen, 2011;Seikkula, Alakare & Aaltonen, 2011).…”

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Improving psychology students’ attitudes toward people with schizophrenia: A quasi-randomized controlled study.

Magliano¹,

Rinaldi²,

Costanzo³

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American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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Despite scientific evidence that the majority of People With Schizophrenia (PWS) have personal histories of traumatic life events and adversities, their needs for psychological support often remain unmet. Poor availability of non-pharmacological therapies in schizophrenia may be partly due to professionals' attitudes toward people diagnosed with this disorder. As future health professionals, psychology students represent a target population for efforts to increase the probability that PWS will be offered effective psychological therapies. This quasirandomized controlled study investigated the effect of an educational intervention, addressing common prejudices via scientific evidence and pre-recorded audio-testimony from PWS, on the attitudes of psychology students towards PWS. Students in their fifth year of a master's degree in Psychology at the Second University of Naples, Italy were randomly assigned to an experimental group -which attended two three-hour sessions a week apart --or to a control group. Compared to their baseline assessment, at one-month reassessment, the 76 educated students endorsed more psychosocial causes and more of them recommended psychologists in the treatment of schizophrenia. They were also more optimistic about recovery, less convinced that PWS are recognizable and unpredictable and more convinced that treatments, pharmacological and psychological, are useful. No significant changes were found, from baseline to one-month reassessment, in the 112 controls. At one-month reassessment, educated students were more optimistic about recovery and less convinced that PWS are unpredictable than controls. These findings suggest that psychology students' attitudes toward PWS can be improved by training initiatives including education and indirect contact with users.

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The Comprehensive Open-Dialogue Approach in Western Lapland: II. Long-term stability of acute psychosis outcomes in advanced community care

Cited by 222 publications

References 19 publications

Childhood adversity and psychosis: generalised or specific effects?

Childhood adversity and psychosis: generalised or specific effects?

Investigating the Lived Experience of Recovery in People Who Hear Voices

Improving psychology students’ attitudes toward people with schizophrenia: A quasi-randomized controlled study.

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