As the demand for mental health support and services increases, so too does the need to build a collaborative and responsive mental health and wellbeing system that moves beyond a focus on clinicians and emergency departments.
Systemic change in mental health: Is it about the ingredients or how we combine them? Read More »
The relationship between language, practice and pathways in mental health has always interested me, particularly because the experiences that most of us have in life are often excluded from the labels and terms that get used in a biomedical model of mental health care.
The World Health Organisation defines the social determinants of health as ‘the non-medical factors that influence health outcomes. They are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age’.
Open door no restraint Read More »
Late last year I received an email from a GP in our network who is working in NSW.
He had taken the time to carefully synthesise the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Community Guidance on mental health services which highlights examples from around the world where communities, services, hospitals, networks, homes, institutions and support groups are collaborating with people and families in innovative and inspiring ways. They are driving change in how mental health care is thought about and delivered.
More money and beds. Or a way of thinking differently about mental health care? Read More »
The Open Dialogue Centre recently made a submission to the New South Wales Parliamentary Inquiry into the prevalence, causes and impacts of loneliness in New South Wales.
Christine Morgan – our new Board member Read More »
The Open Dialogue Centre recently made a submission to the New South Wales Parliamentary Inquiry into the prevalence, causes and impacts of loneliness in New South Wales.
We urgently need new strategies to address the root cause of loneliness Read More »
Unlocking the power of student voice and community connection, our first School Symposium in partnership with Korowal School was a great day spent introducing the role of Open Dialogue to transform how we think about mental health and wellbeing in schools.
Four Day Introductory Training Announcement Read More »
The Radical Therapist Open Dialogue with Dr. Eija-Liisa Rautiainen, PhD In episode #129 Chris sits down with Dr. Eija-Liisa Rautiainen, PhD, an experienced trainer and practitioner of Open Dialogue. They explore the transformative potential of this approach in mental health care, its emphasis on dialogue, collaboration, and relational understanding, and how it offers a radical
The Radical Therapist #129 – Open Dialogue with Dr. Eija-Liisa Rautiainen, PhD Read More »
Tolerating Uncertainty is one of the seven Key Principles of Open Dialogue. The aim is for mental health teams to avoid making premature decisions about the nature of a crisis, a diagnosis, or medication when a number of pathways or solutions could be explored.
Open Dialogue Principal Unpacked: Tolerating Uncertainty Read More »
An Invitation to the Open Dialogue One-Year Foundation Course – Sydney – 2024/25
One Year Foundation Course 2025 Read More »
Unlocking the power of student voice and community connection, our first School Symposium in partnership with Korowal School was a great day spent introducing the role of Open Dialogue to transform how we think about mental health and wellbeing in schools.
