OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN PSYCHIATRY

JI ROVY JERVIS P. MALASAN

The mental health treatment journey requires a collaborative effort by many people the individual, his or her caregivers, support providers, doctors, nurses, teachers, aides, counselors, therapists, and social workers.

This collaborative process allows everyone to work together to reach a specific goal: improving the individuals quality and enjoyment of life by identifying and meeting appropriate behaviors and skills.

American Occupational Therapy Association The primary goal of occupational therapy is to support and enable each persons health and participation in life through engagement in occupation.

Occupational therapists enhance peoples ability to live meaningful and satisfying lives.
Examples: personal hygiene, preparing a meal, managing finances, painting a picture, attending a community leisure course, and socializing with others

Professions motto
Living life to its fullest. An occupational therapist can help people consider not only their needs, strengths, abilities, and interests, but also their physical, social, and cultural environment.

ORIGINS OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

Occupational therapys emergence can be found as far back as eighteenth-century Europe. At a time when mentally ill people were treated like prisoners, a moral treatment movement began to evolve. While the previous treatment model was associated with punishment, brutality and idleness, the moral treatment movement sought to encourage kindness and the therapeutic value of engagement in purposeful activities.

Habit Training
The first occupational therapy treatment model, called Habit Training, began at Johns Hopkins in the early twentieth century. This approach proposed that in mentally ill people, occupational activities such as work, rest and play had become unbalanced. Early occupational therapists introduced therapeutic occupations such as weaving, art, and bookbinding. These goal-directed activities were used to help individuals learn new skills to be productive, and derive therapeutic benefits of a balanced daily schedule.

 The occupational therapy profession grew as wounded soldiers returned from World War II, and then surged again in the 1970s with the medical fields increase in specialized skills and knowledge.

ASSESSMENTS AND TREATMENTS

Once the necessary information has been obtained, the therapist creates a personalized occupational profile.

Common areas of assessment

Activities of daily living (e.g., bathing, dressing, eating) Instrumental activities of daily living (e.g., driving, money management, shopping) Education Work (paid and volunteer) Play Leisure Social participation Motor processing skills Mental and cognitive processing skills Communication and interaction skills Habits, roles and routines Performance contexts (e.g., cultural, physical, spiritual) Activity demands Client factors (e.g., difficulties due to body structures or functions) Occupational self-assessment

Common interventions
Life skills training Cognitive rehabilitation Supported employment Supported education Social and interpersonal skills training Life balance intervention Modalities such as biofeedback and mindfulnessenhanced therapy

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