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The historical development of Open Dialogue in Western Lapland (2022)

Alakare, B., & Seikkula, J. (2022). The historical development of Open Dialogue in Western Lapland. In N. Putman, & B. Martindale (Eds.), Open Dialogue for Psychosis : Organising Mental Health Services to Prioritise Dialogue, Relationship and Meaning (pp. 35-51). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351199599-4

JYU authors or editors

Publication details

All authors or editors: Alakare, Birgitta; Seikkula, Jaakko

Parent publication: Open Dialogue for Psychosis : Organising Mental Health Services to Prioritise Dialogue, Relationship and Meaning

Parent publication editors: Putman, Nick; Martindale, Brian

ISBN: 978-0-815-39231-6

eISBN: 978-1-351-19959-9

Publication year: 2022

Publication date: 11/06/2021

Pages range: 35-51

Number of pages in the book: 314

Publisher: Routledge

Place of Publication: Abingdon

Publication country: United Kingdom

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351199599-4

Publication open access: Not open

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Abstract

This chapter outlines the historical development of Open Dialogue (OD) in Western Lapland, and discusses the initial steps to include families to introduce network meetings both in the hospital and community settings. It describes changes in the ways we understood psychosis, the development of training programmes and research projects and the importance of teamwork. The health care district area of Lansi-Pohja lies to the north of the Gulf of Bothnia and shares its western border with Sweden. One specific element of Western Lapland is the history of a high incidence of diagnoses of schizophrenia. Need-Adapted Treatment was developed by Professor Yrjo Alanen and his colleagues in Turku, with its roots stretching back to the 1960s. Tom Andersen, a Norwegian psychiatrist from Tromso, was an important influence on the development of OD from the 1980s.

Keywords: psychoses; schizophrenia; psychiatric care; psychiatric rehabilitation; dialogicality

Contributing organizations

Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2022

JUFO rating: 3