Mental health concepts and techniques for the occupational therapy assistant /

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Main Author: Early, Mary Beth.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009.
Edition:4th ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • History and basic concepts
  • Medical and psychological models of mental health and illness
  • Some practice models for occupational therapy in mental health
  • The occupational therapy practice framework
  • Human occupation and mental health throughout the life span
  • Understanding psychiatric diagnosis: the DSM-IV-TR
  • Contexts of intervention, service, and care
  • Psychotropic medications and other biological treatments
  • Who is the consumer?
  • Therapeutic use of self
  • Responding to symptoms and behaviors
  • Safety techniques
  • Group concepts and techniques
  • Overview of the intervention process
  • Evaluation and data collection
  • Treatment and intervention planning
  • Medical records and documentation
  • Activities of daily living
  • Education and work
  • Leisure and social participation
  • Management of emotional needs: self-awareness skills and coping strategies
  • Cognitive, sensory, and motor factors: performance skills and activities
  • Analyzing, adapting, and grading activities
  • Supervision
  • Organizing yourself.