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Occupational Therapy In Mental Health

By Edna Booker


This mainly involves the use of assessment and treatment to recover or maintain the daily living and work skills of people with cognitive disorder considering the psychological well-being or absence of mental wellness. Therefore there is need to know and understand how occupational therapy in mental health affects people.

Some people tend to think that therapy in mental health is only meant for adults, which is a wrong way of thinking basing on the fact that kids after all do not have any occupations in the society. But a Childs main job is playing and learning therefore a therapist can evaluate a kids skills in playing and school performance and then compare them with what is developmentally appropriate. This helps in diagnosis of any genial un-wellness waiting to occur in later stages of the Childs life.

The individual with this disorder is first evaluated in order to outline their most important goals and priorities before they are put under the treatment. This is done in a systematic manner through a sequence of actions called occupational therapy process. It is through this process that the patient is interviewed, put through test and then the outcome is analyzed. The therapist is then able to understand the patients problems.

It follows then that the patient is made to try out similar activities to which they are on treatment for but in much easier and different ways. The patient is then recommended to a different activity that proves to be easier to them. They are also introduced to devices which make them accomplish their activities in a much simpler manner.

According to statistics, a good percentage of worlds population is affected by this disorder which is seen to have a negative Impact on the affected individuals self-esteem, relationship and their ability to live a normal life just like everybody. This shows the need of occupational therapists in this field both in governmental and non-governmental institutions which help meet the needs of the affected individual and also help them fit in to the society.

Among the main aims of this treatment is identifying those that are struggling with these conditions; those facing learning disabilities, depression and many other conditions. The following outlined illness is managed through treatment in any appropriate method such therapy or medication.

Occupational therapy has many goals among them being the ability to reach the affected persons and make them to be able to participate in their daily activities. The individuals also have the power to choose the occupations in which they want to engage in. On the other hand, they are helped through modification of the environment in which they work in.

Maintaining a good genial health is crucial to living a long and healthy life. Good A healthy mind can enhance ones life while poor mental health can prevent someone from living an enriching life. Such problems can affect people of all ages, cultures and education and income levels and it varies from persons to persons. Therefore individuals can help in taking care of their intellectual health through getting involved in activities that will not compromise their genial wellness.




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