Sarah Springer MOTS Thomas Downen MOTS What is Occupational Therapy Occupational therapy is a clientcentered health profession concerned with promoting health and well being through ID: 649431
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Occupational Therapy in Mental Health
Sarah Springer, MOT/S
Thomas
Downen
, MOT/SSlide2
What is Occupational Therapy?
“Occupational
therapy is a
client-centered
health profession concerned with promoting health and well being through
occupation.”
“Occupational therapists work with
people and communities to enhance their ability to engage in the occupations they
want, need,
or are expected to
do
by modifying the occupation or the environment to better support their occupational engagement.
“Slide3
How Greenhouse can benefit from Occupational Therapy?
Community- Based Mental Health
Program Development
Class DevelopmentSlide4
Statistics
Mental Illness and Substance Abuse:
Over 60% of homeless individuals have mental health conditions.
Over 80% of homeless individuals have alcohol and/or drug addictions.
Veterans and Homelessness:
The unemployment rate for veterans is currently 11.7%.
Approximately 23 million veterans are homeless. Slide5
Recovery Process
In individuals living with mental illnesses, the recovery process primarily refers to the person learning how to minimize the disabilities associated with these conditions while pursuing a safe, dignified, meaningful, and constructive life within the community.Slide6
Occupational Therapy and Mental Health Recovery
Coping Strategies
Life Skills
Implement and identify healthy habits, rituals, and routines.
Identify personal values, needs, and goals.
Increase awareness of community -based resources
EducationSlide7
OT Objectives
Goal: for an individual to recover and lead meaningful, satisfying, and productive lives.
OT has a major emphasis on holism, function, participation, and partnership, that is used to help and support people with mental illness to develop skills, engage in activities of interest, and meet individual recovery goals. Slide8
Hope for the future….
To continue to move away from the medical model
Help reduce stigmas associated with mental illness
Work with your client out in the community in order to help re-integrate them back into societySlide9
Recovery
IS
possible for every person with mental illness.
BUT
recovery is often rendered impossible in today’s system of careSlide10
Cornerstones of Recovery
Supportive and respectful environments
Caring and reciprocal relationships
Faith
Gainful employment
Participation in meaningful activitiesSlide11
“Recovery is about forming relationships with people, not making a diagnosis. It’s about helping them rebuild their lives, not treating the symptoms. It’s about working alongside someone, not doing treatment to them. It’s about hope and empowerment, self- responsibility and respect, community integration and fighting stigma.”Slide12
QUESTIONS???Slide13
References
2010.
Definition of occupational
t
herapy.
Retrieved from:
http://
www.wfot.org/aboutus/aboutoccupationaltherapy/definitionofoccupationaltherapy.aspx.Occupational therapy’s role in mental health recovery.
Retrieved from:
http://www.aota.org/~/
media/Corporate/Files/AboutOT/Professionals/WhatIsOT/MH/Facts/Mental%20Health%20Recovery.ashx
.
Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health. (2012) received from:
www.yale.edu/PRCH/aboutrecovery.html