Adapting and Implementing Open Dialogue in the Scandinavian Countries: A Scoping Review

Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2017 May;38(5):391-401. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2016.1269377. Epub 2017 Feb 6.

Abstract

Open Dialogue is a resource-oriented mental health approach, which mobilises a crisis-struck person's psychosocial network resources. This scoping review 1) identifies the range and nature of literature on the adoption of Open Dialogue in Scandinavia in places other than the original sites in Finland, and 2) summarises this literature. We included 33 publications. Most studies in this scoping review were published as "grey" literature and most grappled with how to implement Open Dialogue faithfully. In the Scandinavian research context, Open Dialogue was mainly described as a promising and favourable approach to mental health care.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Communication*
  • Crisis Intervention*
  • Humans
  • Professional-Family Relations
  • Scandinavian and Nordic Countries