An Auto-Ethnographic Study of "Open Dialogue": The Illumination of Snow
Authors
Olson, MaryDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2015-12-01Keywords
Auto-ethnographyBiological Reductionism
Dialog
Dialogic Practice
Open Dialogue
autoetnografía
diálogo
diálogo abierto
práctica dialógica
reduccionismo biológico
Psychiatry
Psychiatry and Psychology
Psychology
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This auto-ethnographic study describes the changes in the author's thinking and clinical work connected to her first-hand experience of Open Dialogue, which is an innovative, psychosocial approach to severe psychiatric crises developed in Tornio, Finland. In charting this trajectory, there is an emphasis on three interrelated themes: the micropolitics of U.S. managed mental health care; the practice of "dialogicality" in Open Dialogue; and the historical, cultural, and scientific shifts that are encouraging the adaptation of Open Dialogue in the United States. The work of Gregory Bateson provides a conceptual framework that makes sense of the author's experience and the larger trends. The study portrays and underscores how family and network practices are essential to responding to psychiatric crises and should not be abandoned in favor of a reductionist, biomedical model.Source
Fam Process. 2015 Dec;54(4):716-29. doi: 10.1111/famp.12160. Epub 2015 Jul 2. Link to article on publisher's siteDOI
10.1111/famp.12160Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/30682PubMed ID
26133053Related Resources
Link to Article in PubMedae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1111/famp.12160