Proyecto Ágora: un cambio de mirada hacia lo dialógico en salud mental <span class="so-article-trans-title" dir="auto"> Translated title: Ágora project: a change of view towards dialogical aspects in mental health </span>

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Resumen: Este artículo muestra el desarrollo del Proyecto Ágora desde sus inicios, una Investigación Acción Participativa (IAP) que persigue la construcción social de conocimiento en torno a la presencia de procesos dialógicos en los contextos sociosanitarios de atención a la salud mental en la Comunidad de Madrid. Se ha contado con una muestra de 91 personas pertenecientes al ámbito de la salud mental, ya sean personas atendidas, familiares o profesionales. Para observar la realidad de estudio, se han tomado como base los principios que enuncian el enfoque de Diálogo Abierto y la Teoría Colaborativa. Los resultados muestran que aún pesa la herencia de una visión moderna de la ciencia, traducida en un modelo biomédico que reduce en gran medida la problemática de la persona a su enfermedad, con gran énfasis en el diagnóstico y tratamientos indicados. A partir del análisis de este fenómeno y sus consecuencias, se pretende impulsar una investigación-acción que sirva para conocer más a fondo esta problemática y aportar ideas respecto a cómo incorporar aspectos colaborativos y dialógicos eficaces y demandados por los participantes en la intervención psiquiátrica y psicosocial.

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Abstract: This paper presents the Ágora Project's development since its origins. The Ágora Project is a participatory action research (PAR). This approach focuses on social construction of environmental knowledge based on dialogical processes applied in social care and mental health services contexts in the Community of Madrid. The study included 91 subjects from mental health services, including service users, families, and professionals. Open Dialogue and Collaboration Theory were applied in this research. Results show that there is still a strong presence of modern science vision, through the biomedical model of health, which reduces users' problem to their medical issues, emphasizing diagnostics and treatments. The participatory action research is driven to enhance the understanding of the current problems and arise new ideas to implement effective collaboration and the dialogic elements required by participants involved in psychiatric, psychological, and social care.

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This article describes a psychotherapeutically oriented approach to schizophrenia developed especially to meet the needs of the community psychiatric field. Because of the heterogeneous nature of the schizophrenic psychoses, the authors emphasize that these patients should always be treated based on case-specific premises. The main principles of the need-adapted approach are: 1. The therapeutic activities are planned and carried out flexibly and individually in each case so that they meet the real and changing needs of the patients as well as of their family members. 2. Examination and treatment are dominated by a psychotherapeutic attitude. 3. The different therapeutic activities should support and not impair each other. 4. The process quality of therapy is clearly perceived. A family-centred initiation of the treatment is especially emphasized for both diagnostic and therapeutic reasons. The positive experiences of this led the Finnish national programme for the treatment and rehabilitation of schizophrenic patients to recommend the establishment of family- and environment-oriented acute psychosis teams (APT) in the mental health districts. In later phases of treatment, the significance of individual psychotherapy is increased. The preliminary results of the approach are presented and compared with an earlier sample of patients.