Occupational Therapy In Mental Health

By Edna Booker


This entail a science of enabling engagement in everyday living through enabling people with mental disorders to perform the occupations that foster health and their wellbeing and enabling a just and inclusive society so that a person participates to his or her daily occupation in life. We therefore see the need of occupational therapy in mental health that will help save your life.

There is a common belief among people that that therapy in genial health is only for adults and not children without putting into consideration the fact that also children have an occupation in the society. A Childs main occupation is playing and learning through observation and also through teachings and therefore a therapist evaluates the Childs performance in school and his or her skills in the playground and then be able to come up with results on how the child is developing mentally and incase of any detected unwellness, the child is immediately put under medication.

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.

Statistics show that a large population of people has these ailments. These illnesses are seen to have a negative impact on the affected population. The affected individuals are observed to have a low self-esteem have relationship problems and have problems in living a normal life. Therefore comes out the need to have occupational therapists in every medical institution worldwide. Through this, the affected individuals will have less trouble in getting medical help.

Identifying the individuals who are struggling with this disorder is one of the aims of this therapeutic procedure. It identifies those who face depression, learning disabilities and various other disorders. They can be managed through therapeutic evaluations or medication.

This endeavor has several goals; one of them is being able to make the affected person get involved in all day to day activities. The individuals have the power to choose the occupation that they want or which they are expected to. Through modification of the environment, it makes it easier for them to easily engage in their occupation.

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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