# Open Dialogue Space

> A Portuguese international digital mental health startup and Functional Systems Facilitation (FSF) research and innovation project created at NOVA National School of Public Health, Lisbon, under the leadership of Dmitry Shamenkov.

## Main pages
- [Platform](https://opendialogue.space/platform/): the integrated 30-day experience, roles and boundaries
- [Functional Systems Facilitation](https://opendialogue.space/method/): complete FSF method contents
- [Research at NOVA](https://opendialogue.space/research/): evidence layers and research context
- [Registered RCT](https://opendialogue.space/rct/): NCT07276451; consult ClinicalTrials.gov for current status

## FSF method · 53 sections
- [Detailed Annotated Contents](https://opendialogue.space/method/contents/)
- [PART I. WHY: What Is Happening to Us — and Why We Need Functional Systems Facilitation at All](https://opendialogue.space/method/part-1/)
- [1. The World as a Single Living Information Field](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch1/)
- [2. Why Relationships Determine Health](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch2/)
- [3. Why Information Alone Is Not Enough](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch3/)
- [PART II. WHAT: Functional Systems Facilitation as a Living System](https://opendialogue.space/method/part-2/)
- [4. Three Principles: Purpose, Honesty, Nonviolence](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch4/)
- [5. Three Channels: Inner, Horizontal, Vertical](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch5/)
- [6. The Systemquant of Practice: A Repeating Cycle of Transformation](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch6/)
- [7. The Principle "Purpose Determines Perception"](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch7/)
- [PART III. HOW: The Program's Components and How They Work](https://opendialogue.space/method/part-3/)
- [8. The Practice of Silence in All Its Phases](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch8/)
- [9. Individual Reflection](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch9/)
- [10. Integrative Reflection in the Group](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch10/)
- [11. Goal-Setting from a Renewed State](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch11/)
- [12. Proactive Action and Reflection on Action](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch12/)
- [13. Gratitude and Micro-Pauses](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch13/)
- [PART III. HOW (continued): Extended Formats and the Foundation](https://opendialogue.space/method/part-3-continued/)
- [14. A Safe Social Space: The Group Chat](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch14/)
- [15. Case Discussions](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch15/)
- [16. The Functional Systems Facilitation Intensive — the Jewel of the Method](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch16/)
- [16A. AI Self-Worth Diagnostic: An Entry Point to the Method and a Standalone Tool](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch16a/)
- [17. The Foundation: Sleep, Nutrition, Movement, Cold, Information Hygiene](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch17/)
- [PART IV. WHY TOGETHER](https://opendialogue.space/method/part-4/)
- [18. Why the Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch18/)
- [19. Functional Systems Facilitation as Work with a Living System](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch19/)
- [PART V. RESULTS](https://opendialogue.space/method/part-5/)
- [20. What Counts as a Result in a Living-Systems Method](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch20/)
- [21. Level 1: Direct Quantitative Data on Functional Systems Facilitation](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch21/)
- [22. Level 2: Qualitative Data and Cross-Cutting Observations](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch22/)
- [23. Level 3: Corroboration Through Related Methods](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch23/)
- [24. The Scale of the Program and Its Scientific Infrastructure](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch24/)
- [25. An Honest Look at the Limits of the Current Evidence Base](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch25/)
- [PART VI. HOW TO PRACTICE](https://opendialogue.space/method/part-6/)
- [26. Where to Begin: First Steps](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch26/)
- [27. A Trial Week at the "Assemblage Point"](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch27/)
- [28. The Intensive: A Five-Day Deep Immersion](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch28/)
- [29. The Year-Long "Assemblage Point" Program](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch29/)
- [30. The Facilitator's Path](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch30/)
- [31. Independent Practice: What It Can and Cannot Do](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch31/)
- [32. How to Choose Your Format](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch32/)
- [PART VII. HONEST LIMITATIONS](https://opendialogue.space/method/part-7/)
- [33. Where the Method Works, but Slowly or with Limits](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch33/)
- [34. When Integration with Medical and Psychotherapeutic Care Is Needed](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch34/)
- [35. Where the Method Does Not Work and Should Not Be Applied](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch35/)
- [36. Risks and Mistaken Expectations](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch36/)
- [37. The Facilitator's Role and Its Limits](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch37/)
- [38. Closing: My Personal Position](https://opendialogue.space/method/ch38/)
- [APPENDICES](https://opendialogue.space/method/appendices/)
- [APPENDIX A. A Complete List of My Published Works](https://opendialogue.space/method/appendix-a/)
- [APPENDIX B. Glossary of Key Terms](https://opendialogue.space/method/appendix-b/)
- [APPENDIX C. Further Reading](https://opendialogue.space/method/appendix-c/)
- [APPENDIX D. Protocol of the Planned RCT (NCT07276451)](https://opendialogue.space/method/appendix-d/)

## Important distinctions
- Open Dialogue Space and FSF were developed by Dmitry Shamenkov within his doctoral research at NOVA National School of Public Health.
- Functional Systems Facilitation is the English method name and is not the Finnish clinical Open Dialogue approach.
- Open Dialogue Space is not an emergency service and does not replace medical, psychiatric, or psychotherapeutic care.
- A registered study is not evidence of efficacy. Check the official record and published results.