Occupational Therapy for Mental Health A Vision for Participation

by Brown, Catana; Muñoz, Jaime P.; Stoffel, Virginia C.

• ISBN13: 9781719649667
• ISBN10: 1719649669
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781719654135
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780803617049, 9780803676862, 9780803676879
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2025-04-17
• Publisher: F.A. Davis Company
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Summary

Person-centered, recovery-oriented, occupation-based
Here’s practical information on the theories, evidence, assessments, and interventions that are crucial to effective occupational therapy mental health practice. Students will gain an understanding of the lived experience and an evidence-based, recovery-oriented perspective with guidance on how to be a psychosocial practitioner in any setting. They’ll understand the recovery process for all areas of an individual’s life—physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental—and know how to manage co-occurring conditions.
 

• New! Focus on the continuum of psychosocial care for all clients across all practice settings progresses from healthy functioning to mental illness to recovery and flourishing.
• New! Guidance on how to be a psychosocial OT practitioner in any setting with all clients
• New! Eight chapters discuss: the mental health continuum, trauma-informed practice, chronic conditions, social determinants, natural environments, virtual environments, suicide prevention, and connectedness and belonging.
• New! “Being a Psychosocial Practitioner Profile” presents examples of the clinical reasoning practitioners have used to support the psychosocial health of clients in various practice settings.
• New! “Practitioner Profile” vignettes provide a window into a typical day of an OT in specific settings.
• New! “Mental Illness in Culture, Politics, and Society” highlights current events, art, books, films, organizations, and political issues that concern individuals with mental illness.
• New! 32 online videos feature practitioners, students, and clients discussing their personal experiences across the mental health continuum.

• Uses the Person-Environment-Occupation (PEO) model as a framework to promote full participation in the lives of individuals with mental illness and those struggling with psychosocial issues related to their disabilities.
• Features first-person “The Lived Experience narratives that give voice to the experience of living with a mental illness.
• Incorporates “Photo Voice” features, a blend of photography and personal stories that enable individuals to record their visions and experiences to promote dialogue about important issues.
• Promotes best practices with “Evidence-Based Practice “boxes that synthesize significant research and implications for practice.

 

Table of Contents

I.FOUNDATIONS
1.Occupational Therapy Practice Across the Mental Health Continuum
2.Recovery and Wraparound Models
3.Person-Environment-Occupation Model
4.Person-Centered Evaluation
5.Trauma-informed Practice
6.Evidence-Based Practice
II.THE PERSON
Section 1.Occupational Performance
7.Cognition
8.Cognitive Beliefs
9.Sensory Processing and the Lived Sensory Experience
10.Coping and Resilience
11.Motivation
12.Emotion Regulation
13.Communication and Social Skills
14.Time Use and Habits
15. Pain
Section 2.Selected Conditions
16.Acquired Physical Disability and Mental Health
17.Chronic Health Conditions and Mental Health
18.Anxiety Disorders
19.Eating Disorders
20.Mood Disorders
21.Obsessive Disorders
22.Personality Disorders
23.Schizophrenia Spectrum and Psychotic Disorders
24.Substance Related and Addictive Disorders
25.Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders
III.THE ENVIRONMENT
Section 1.Societal Influences
26.The Public Policy Environment
27.Mental Health Stigma and Sanism
28.Social Determinants and Mental Health
29.Families
Section 2.Places
30.Natural Environments
31.The Home Environment: Permanent Supportive Housing
32.The Neighborhood and Community
33.Virtual Environments
Section 3.Mental Health Practice Settings
34.Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care
35.Practice Across the Continuum of Service Needs
36.Early Intervention: A Practice Setting for Early Childhood Mental Health
37.School Mental Health
38.Early Psychosis Programs for Adolescents and Young Adults
39.Peer-led Services
40.Criminal Justice Systems
41.State Hospitals
42.Homelessness and Housing Insecurity
43.Serving Veterans and Service Members
44.Addressing Suicide Across the Continuum
IV.OCCUPATION
45.Self-care and Well-being Occupations
46.Activities of Daily Living, Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, and Health Management Occupations
47.Student Work and Volunteer Occupations
48.Connectedness and Belonging
49.Play
50.Leisure and Creative Occupations
51.Sleep
52.Spiritual Occupations
Appendices
A.Template for PEO Analysis
B.Index of Assessments
C.Index of Interventions
D.Index of Practice Models and Theoretical Approaches
Glossary