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Background: Participatory research denotes the engagement and meaningful involvement of the community of interest across multiple stages of investigation, from design to data collection, analysis, and publication. Traditionally, people with first-hand experience of psychiatric diagnoses, services users and those living with a psychosocial disability have been seen objects rather than agents of research and knowledge production. This, despite the ethical and practical benefits of their involvement. The state of the art of knowledge about participatory research in mental health Brazil is poorly understood outside of its local context. The purpose of this article was to conduct a scoping review of participatory and user-led research in mental health in Brazil. Findings: We identified 20 articles that met eligibility criteria. Participation in research was not treated as separate from participation in shaping mental health policy, driving care, or the broader right to fully participate in societal life and enjoy social and civil rights. Studies identified several obstacles to full participation, including the biomedical model, primacy of academic and scientific knowledge, and systemic barriers. Our extraction, charting, and synthesis yielded four themes: power, knowledge, autonomy, and empowerment. Implications of the work: Participation in this context must address the intersecting vulnerabilities experienced by those who are both Brazilian and labeled as having a mental illness. Participatory research and Global South leadership must foreground local epistemologies that can contribute to the global debate about participation and mental health research.

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A abordagem Open Dialogue foi desenvolvida na Finlândia na década de 1980, como um conjunto de práticas e princípios que modificou o modelo de atenção aos problemas de saúde mental da região. Através da proposta de reuniões familiares envolvendo a rede social das pessoas em crise em uma perspectiva dialógica, a abordagem Open Dialogue reduziu o número de internações em hospitais psiquiátricos e o tempo não tratado da doença; incorporou o uso seletivo de neurolépticos e promoveu taxas de recuperação de 84% das pessoas tratadas. O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar uma revisão narrativa da literatura sobre a abordagem Open Dialogue trazendo a história de seu desenvolvimento, os sete princípios que orientam suas práticas e estudos de efetividade. Por fim, convidamos o leitor ao debate de estratégias de cuidado aos primeiros episódios psicóticos, contando que a abordagem Open Dialogue possa oferecer pistas para a Atenção Psicossocial brasileira. (AU)

The Open Dialogue approach was developed in Finland in the 1980's as a set of practices and principles that changed the model of mental health care delivery in the Western Lapland region. Through family meetings conducted in accordance with a dialogical perspective involving the person in crisis and their social network, the Open Dialogue approach reduced the number of hospitalisations in psychiatric hospitals, diminished the duration of untreated illness, incorporated the selective use of neuroleptics and promoted recovery in 84% of persons treated. This paper presents a literature review of the Open Dialogue approach outlining its history and development, as well as the seven principles that guide clinical practice and effectiveness studies. Finally, we invite the reader to participate in the debate regarding care strategies for first episode psychosis, given to understand that the Open Dialogue approach may provide new paths for Brazilian Psychosocial Care. (AU)

El enfoque Open Dialogue fue desarrollado en Finlandia en la década de 1980 como un conjunto de prácticas y principios que modificó el modelo de atención a los problemas de salud mental de la región. A través de la propuesta de reuniones familiares incluyendo a la red social de las personas en crisis desde una perspectiva dialógica, el enfoque Open Dialogue redujo el número de internaciones en hospitales psiquiátricos y el tiempo no tratado de la enfermedad; incorporó el uso selectivo de neurolépticos y promovió tasas de recuperación de 84% de las personas tratadas. El objetivo de este artículo es presentar una revisión narrativa de la literatura sobre el enfoque Open Dialogue trayendo la historia de su desarrollo, los siete principios que orientan sus prácticas y estudios de efectividad. Por último, invitamos al lector al debate de estrategias de cuidado a los primeros episodios psicóticos, contando que el abordaje Open Dialogue pueda ofrecer pistas para la Atención Psicosocial brasileña. (AU)

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Development of dairy organic probiotic fermented products is of great interest as they associate ecological practices and benefits of probiotic bacteria. As organic management practices of cow milk production allow modification of the fatty acid composition of milk (as compared to conventional milk), we studied the influence of the type of milk on some characteristics of fermented milks, such as acidification kinetics, bacterial counts and fatty acid content. Conventional and organic probiotic fermented milks were produced using Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis HN019 in co-culture with Streptococcus thermophilus TA040 and Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus LB340. The use of organic milk led to a higher acidification rate and cultivability of Lactobacillus bulgaricus. Fatty acids profile of organic fermented milks showed higher amounts of trans-octadecenoic acid (C18:1, 1.6 times) and polyunsaturated fatty acids, including cis-9 trans-11, C18:2 conjugated linoleic (CLA-1.4 times), and α-linolenic acids (ALA-1.6 times), as compared to conventional fermented milks. These higher levels were the result of both initial percentage in the milk and increase during acidification, with no further modification during storage. Finally, use of bifidobacteria slightly increased CLA relative content in the conventional fermented milks, after 7 days of storage at 4°C, whereas no difference was seen in organic fermented milks.

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Lactulose can be considered as a prebiotic, which is able to stimulate healthy intestinal microflora. In the present work, the use of this ingredient in fermented milk improved quality of skim milk fermented by Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Bifidobacterium lactis in co-culture with Streptococcus thermophilus. Compared to control fermentations without lactulose, the addition of such a prebiotic in skim milk increased the counts of all probiotics, with particular concern to B. lactis (bifidogenic effect), the acidification rate and the lactic acid acidity, and concurrently reduced the time to complete fermentation (t(pH4.5)) and the pH at the end of cold storage for 1 to 35 days.

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