Mental health concepts and techniques for the occupational therapy assistant
[book]
/Mary Beth Early
3th ed
Philadelphia
: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
, c2000
xviii, 662 p.
:ill. (some col.) ;24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
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 interve