Occupational therapy should be part of conversion disorder treatment
The reason this article interested me was because of an occupational therapy fieldwork experience I had encountered in an acute care hospital setting. Occupational therapy's role in all settings, including mental health, entail “assisting individuals to gain and maintain independent living, man...
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Published in | Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 12, 45 - 45 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
SLACK INCORPORATED
01.03.2010
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Summary: | The reason this article interested me was because of an occupational therapy fieldwork experience I had encountered in an acute care hospital setting. Occupational therapy's role in all settings, including mental health, entail “assisting individuals to gain and maintain independent living, manage in community settings and engage in productive, meaningful and enjoyable activities” (Hardaker et al., 2007, p. 2). [...]I believe incorporating occupational therapy in the treatment of conversion disorder and other mental illness is important, as supported by the evidence from Hardaker et al. |
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ISSN: | 0279-3695 1938-2413 |
DOI: | 10.3928/02793695-20100202-08a |