DIALOG+ is a therapeutic intervention that improves the communication between a health professional and a patient and, through that, outcomes of mental health care.
DIALOG+ is based on quality of life research, concepts of patient centred communication, developments in information technology and components of solution focused therapy.
In DIALOG+, patients rate – in the meeting with their clinicians – their satisfaction with eight life domains and three treatment aspects as well as their wishes for additional help in each area.
Based on the ratings and comparisons with previous ratings, patients decide which concerns they want to discuss in the given meeting. Each concern will then be addressed in a four step approach:
- understanding the problem and emphasising ways of successful coping;
- identifying the best case scenario and the smallest step forward that would make a noticeable difference;
- exploring options for what the patient, the clinician and others can do to improve the patient’s situation; and
- agreeing on actions, which will then be reviewed at the next meeting
You can find here the manual for the DIALOG+ and ways to access the software as an App for i-Pads and Android platforms. There is also a web based training module.
Using DIALOG+ has been shown to improve outcomes in community mental health care of patients with psychosis.
You can find here the manual for the DIALOG+ and ways to access the software as an App for i-Pads and Android platforms. There is also a web based training module.