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View article: Reputation and Responsibility: A Qualitative Investigation of Parents' Experiences of Open Dialogue School Meetings
Reputation and Responsibility: A Qualitative Investigation of Parents' Experiences of Open Dialogue School Meetings Open
Open Dialogue approaches to family therapy emphasize the voicing of multiple perspectives in a supportive collaborative environment. In a novel application of Open Dialogue, this study explored how parents of students at an Australian inde…
View article: Risk of New-Onset Type 2 Diabetes Among Vaccinated Adults After Omicron or Delta Variant SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Risk of New-Onset Type 2 Diabetes Among Vaccinated Adults After Omicron or Delta Variant SARS-CoV-2 Infection Open
This cohort study estimates the risk of new-onset type 2 diabetes after Delta or Omicron variant SARS-CoV-2 infection among vaccinated adults in Singapore.
View article: Constructing Research Quality: On the Performativity of the COREQ Checklist
Constructing Research Quality: On the Performativity of the COREQ Checklist Open
The Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research (COREQ) checklist was designed to enhance quality in the reporting of interview and focus group studies, and it is widely endorsed by journals and publishers. However, it has als…
View article: Bivalent Boosters and Risk of Postacute Sequelae Following Vaccine-Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Infection: A Cohort Study
Bivalent Boosters and Risk of Postacute Sequelae Following Vaccine-Breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Infection: A Cohort Study Open
Background Vaccination has been shown to attenuate the risk of postacute sequelae following severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. However, no prior population-based studies have evaluated if updated bivale…
View article: Autoimmune Sequelae After Delta or Omicron Variant SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Highly Vaccinated Cohort
Autoimmune Sequelae After Delta or Omicron Variant SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Highly Vaccinated Cohort Open
Importance Studies have reported increased risk of autoimmune sequelae after SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, risk may potentially be attenuated by milder Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant infection and availability of booster vaccination. Objecti…
View article: Long-term Cardiovascular, Cerebrovascular, and Other Thrombotic Complications in COVID-19 Survivors: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Long-term Cardiovascular, Cerebrovascular, and Other Thrombotic Complications in COVID-19 Survivors: A Retrospective Cohort Study Open
Background Growing evidence suggests that some coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) survivors experience a wide range of long-term postacute sequelae. We examined the postacute risk and burden of new-incident cardiovascular, cerebrovascular…
View article: The relatives of people with depression: A systematic review and methodological critique of qualitative studies
The relatives of people with depression: A systematic review and methodological critique of qualitative studies Open
Being a close relative of a person with depression can take a heavy toll on the former, but these relatives are increasingly made responsible for taking on extensive carer roles. Research on relatives of people with depression is currently…
View article: Power and dialogue: A review of discursive research
Power and dialogue: A review of discursive research Open
Collaborative‐dialogic approaches to family therapy advise therapists to take a position of client‐as‐expert and promote an equality of multiple perspectives. This has led to debates about how to conceptualize power in dialogical therapies…
View article: A conversation analysis of therapist repeats in open dialogue network meetings
A conversation analysis of therapist repeats in open dialogue network meetings Open
Writings on Open Dialogue approaches to working with families experiencing mental distress emphasize the importance of the therapist repeating the family's words back to them verbatim. Repeats are theorized to display the therapist's liste…
View article: Cost-utility analysis of sacituzumab govitecan versus chemotherapy for the treatment of metastatic triple-negative breast cancer in Singapore
Cost-utility analysis of sacituzumab govitecan versus chemotherapy for the treatment of metastatic triple-negative breast cancer in Singapore Open
To assess the cost-effectiveness of sacituzumab govitecan for treating relapsed or refractory metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) in Singapore. A three-state partitioned survival model was developed to evaluate the cost-effecti…
View article: Real‐world impact of a subsidy decision of sofosbuvir–velpatasvir for treatment of chronic hepatitis C on clinical practice and patient outcomes
Real‐world impact of a subsidy decision of sofosbuvir–velpatasvir for treatment of chronic hepatitis C on clinical practice and patient outcomes Open
Background and Aim Sofosbuvir–velpatasvir was recommended for subsidy to treat chronic hepatitis C in Singapore in 2018. We measured the impact of the subsidy decision on clinical practice and patient outcomes. Specifically, we looked at p…
View article: Open dialogue trainees' perspectives on learning processes and psychotherapeutic practice: A prospective focus group study
Open dialogue trainees' perspectives on learning processes and psychotherapeutic practice: A prospective focus group study Open
Open Dialogue is a collaborative approach to mental health care emphasizing integrated services and a dialogical psychotherapy approach. Open Dialogue training programs eschew traditional didactic teaching of technical therapeutic skills i…
View article: Implementing Open Dialogue approaches: A scoping review
Implementing Open Dialogue approaches: A scoping review Open
Open Dialogue approaches fall broadly into the area of systemic psychotherapeutic practices. They encourage active participation of families and social networks, and emphasize genuine collaboration within highly integrated systems of healt…
View article: Open Dialogue, need‐adapted mental health care, and implementation fidelity: A discussion paper
Open Dialogue, need‐adapted mental health care, and implementation fidelity: A discussion paper Open
Open Dialogue is a need‐adapted approach to mental health care that was originally developed in Finland. Like other need‐adapted approaches, Open Dialogue aims to meet consumer’s needs and promote collaborative person‐centred dialogue to s…
View article: Downgrading Deontic Authority in Open Dialogue Reflection Proposals: A Conversation Analysis
Downgrading Deontic Authority in Open Dialogue Reflection Proposals: A Conversation Analysis Open
The Open Dialogue approach promotes collaboration with clients and families in decisions about the direction of therapy. This creates potential problems for Open Dialogue therapists who seek collaboration but also have responsibility for m…
View article: Eliciting Stance and Mitigating Therapist Authority in Open Dialogue Meetings
Eliciting Stance and Mitigating Therapist Authority in Open Dialogue Meetings Open
Open Dialogue is a collaborative systemic approach to working with families in crisis. A core feature is the creation of dialogue through the elicitation of a multiplicity of voices. Using conversation analysis, we studied 14 hr of Open Di…
View article: “Y, what do you think about what X just said?” Conversation analysis of stance‐eliciting questions in open dialogue network meetings
“Y, what do you think about what X just said?” Conversation analysis of stance‐eliciting questions in open dialogue network meetings Open
Open dialogue is a resource‐oriented approach to mental health, which aims to help those involved in a crisis situation support each other and engage in dialogue. While language use in open dialogue is generally characterized as being open…
View article: Open Dialogue: Frequently Asked Questions
Open Dialogue: Frequently Asked Questions Open
Open Dialogue is an approach to working with people and their families experiencing psychosocial distress. Interest in Open Dialogue in Australia has been growing recently, raising questions about its adaption and implementation to local c…
View article: Conversation analysis and family therapy: a narrative review
Conversation analysis and family therapy: a narrative review Open
Conversation analysis (CA) can provide insight into interactional micro‐processes of family therapy. Past reviews of CA and family therapy have focused on methodology without descriptions of research findings, reducing the likelihood that …
View article: Naturalistic Measurement of Sleep in Older Adults with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment: Anxiety Symptoms Do Not Explain Sleep Disturbance
Naturalistic Measurement of Sleep in Older Adults with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment: Anxiety Symptoms Do Not Explain Sleep Disturbance Open
Background: Sleep disturbance is prevalent in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), the preclinical stage of AD, deterioration in sleep quality has also been reported. Consensus is lacking, however, regard…
View article: Conversation Analysis and Family Therapy: A Critical Review of Methodology
Conversation Analysis and Family Therapy: A Critical Review of Methodology Open
This article critiques the use of conversation analysis (CA) as applied to the study of family therapy. Searches of relevant databases and journals as well as citation searches were conducted in April 2018 for relevant articles. Inclusion …
View article: Compromised Motor Dexterity Confounds Processing Speed Task Outcomes in Stroke Patients
Compromised Motor Dexterity Confounds Processing Speed Task Outcomes in Stroke Patients Open
Most conventional measures of information processing speed require motor responses to facilitate performance. However, although not often addressed clinically, motor impairment, whether due to age or acquired brain injury, would be expecte…
View article: Face-name memory training in subjective memory decline: how does office-based training translate to everyday situations?
Face-name memory training in subjective memory decline: how does office-based training translate to everyday situations? Open
This study aimed to examine whether people with subjective memory decline (SMD) benefit from face-name memory training (single session) as much as older adult controls in an office-based setting. Approximately 2 months later, groups were r…
View article: Prospective memory and subjective memory decline: A neuropsychological indicator of memory difficulties in community-dwelling older people
Prospective memory and subjective memory decline: A neuropsychological indicator of memory difficulties in community-dwelling older people Open
In older adults with high levels of SMD, naturalistic measures of prospective memory provide an approach to assessing memory performance that can offer a means of investigating the memory complaints of people with SMD. Identifying prospect…
View article: Better Objective Sleep Quality in Older Adults with High Subjective Memory Decline
Better Objective Sleep Quality in Older Adults with High Subjective Memory Decline Open
Background: Sleep disturbance is implicated in memory function across normal aging and neurodegenerative disease. Furthermore, there is mounting evidence to suggest that high levels of subjective memory decline (SMD) may signal very early …
View article: Objective but not subjective sleep predicts memory in community‐dwelling older adults
Objective but not subjective sleep predicts memory in community‐dwelling older adults Open
Summary Research on the relationship between habitual sleep patterns and memory performance in older adults is limited. No previous study has used objective and subjective memory measures in a large, older‐aged sample to examine the associ…