Special Issue: Effectiveness of Occupational Therapy Services in Mental Health Practice

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“…what are typically considered traditional mental health environments (e.g., inpatient psychiatry and a partial hospitalization program) has been attributed to changes in policies and funding mechanisms (Gutman, 2011). However, a lack of understanding by key decision makers about the "relevancy of occupational therapy services" (Gutman, 2011, p. 236) has also been cited as a primary barrier to the profession of occupational therapy in regaining a prominent position in the mental health arena.…”

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“…When occupational therapy practitioners are absent from mental health settings, it is easy for other providers to forget their contributions to the team; further, it may be difficult for occupational therapy practitioners to reinsert themselves into these contexts (Gutman, 2011). Stoffel (Waite, 2012) has suggested school systems practice, a context in which occupational therapy practitioners regularly work and in great numbers, as an ideal backdrop for occupational therapy practitioners who wish to reemerge as mental health providers.…”

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Perceptions of Occupational Therapy Involvement in School Mental Health: A Pilot Study

Cahill¹,

Egan²

2017

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

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Background: Mental health providers outside of occupational therapy, including those who work in school systems practice, often do not fully understand the contribution that occupational therapy practitioners can make to the delivery of mental health services. Method: The purpose of this mixed methods pilot study is to describe how instructional support staff from one special education cooperative learned about occupational therapy's role in school mental health and to explain how this education changed the instructional support staff members' perceptions regarding the involvement of occupational therapy practitioners in school-based mental health services. Results: Instructional support staff's perceptions about occupational therapy changed as a result of the training. Discussion: Occupational therapy practitioners can be viewed as valuable members of the school mental health team if other practitioners are educated about their scope of practice.

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Perceptions of Occupational Therapy Involvement in School Mental Health: A Pilot Study

Cahill¹,

Egan²

2017

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

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“…The literature suggests that culturally responsive education has too heavy a Western perspective and mental health content lacks a specific mental health focus beyond the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) standards (AOTA, 2018;Egan & Cahill, 2017;Talero et al, 2015). For instance, mental health has already become a diminished area of practice as other professionals, such as psychologists, nurses, and social workers, have assumed the life-skills and work domains and limited the areas where occupational therapists are recognized as mental health providers (Gutman, 2011). Only in 2015, through advocacy in policy, has occupational therapy started to gain greater recognition in community mental health (Egan & Cahill, 2017).…”

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Proposing a Metacurriculum for Occupational Therapy Education in 2025 and Beyond

Tyminski¹,

Nguyen

Taff

2019

JOTE

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The American healthcare system has undergone significant changes in the past few years due to government and corporate-level changes. As healthcare requirements continue to shift, occupational therapists must continue to assert their role or risk losing relevancy. Therefore, educational programs must prepare students to meet the populations' shifting healthcare needs through agile curricula which focus less on isolated skills and more on broad areas of impact. To determine essential content comprising a 'metacurriculum' for occupational therapy education of the future, nine articles were analyzed using Bloom's Taxonomy (revised) to code each document into knowledge, skills, and behaviors. Major themes were identified across all documents. Through the coding analysis eleven themes were identified: population health, developing lifelong learners, advocacy (at government and individual level), interprofessional collaboration, generation of evidence and translational science, diversity and inclusion, psychosocial concerns, aging, wellbeing and preventative care, contemporary issues and informatics. The themes can serve as an outline for academic programs to continue to evolve their curricula to ensure that practitioners are fully prepared to address the global issues that will manifest during their careers in occupational therapy.

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“…The profession emerged from the Moral Treatment era in the 19 th century and has strong roots in the mental health field, whereby therapists were trained to provide purposeful activities to adults who had a mental illness. As the health care field changed and the population's needs evolved, the treatment focus for most occupational therapists also changed (Gutman, 2011). OT is not a common profession found in most SRFCs, and it is also considered to be an emerging profession in the primary care setting (Roberts, Farmer, Lamb, Muir, & Siebert, 2014;Smith, Thomas, et al, 2014) Traditionally, other specializations view OT as a profession with many specializations; however, in SRFCs, which offer integrated care services, occupational therapists act as generalists and must be well versed in the wide array of professional skills needed to provide evaluations and interventions for diverse populations (Donnelly, Brenchley, Crawford, & Letts, 2014).…”

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Occupational Therapy’s Role in an Interprofessional Student-Run Free Clinic: Challenges and Opportunities Identified

Rogers¹,

Heck²,

Kohnert³

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The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

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Student-run free clinics (SRFCs) provide services to underserved populations while enhancing student education. Occupational therapy (OT) participation in integrated care SRFCs is an emerging area of practice and enhances the interprofessional model necessary for holistic patient care. The Student Health Outreach for Wellness (SHOW) organization, located in Phoenix, Arizona, is a SRFC comprised of three state universities that incorporates nine different health professional programs to deliver interprofessional care, including OT. The SHOW clinic provides direct care services where student volunteers practice clinical and interprofessional skills under the guidance of licensed health care providers. OT preceptors and students participate in team-based assessment and care delivery to practice their discipline-specific treatment knowledge of upper-extremity impairments, musculoskeletal pain, medication management, fall prevention, and behavioral health issues, among many others. OT integration into the clinic provides students and preceptors an opportunity to build a unique skill set in interprofessional care, educate other disciplines about OT, and become emerging leaders in the field. Challenges for OT involvement in this SRFC include recruitment and sustainability of volunteers and lack of knowledge and understanding about the role of OT on an interprofessional team. Further research is needed to identify additional benefits of OT services in SFRCs.

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Special Issue: Effectiveness of Occupational Therapy Services in Mental Health Practice

Cited by 21 publications

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Perceptions of Occupational Therapy Involvement in School Mental Health: A Pilot Study

Perceptions of Occupational Therapy Involvement in School Mental Health: A Pilot Study

Proposing a Metacurriculum for Occupational Therapy Education in 2025 and Beyond

Occupational Therapy’s Role in an Interprofessional Student-Run Free Clinic: Challenges and Opportunities Identified

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