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- How is treating patients w/ psychiatric histories different?
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- Needs to be more client-centered. More negotiation of plan of care to give them sense of control
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- How do many with psych history differ in their processing of pain - Why might intervention differ? - What might an OT need to do is pain symptoms are too severe? |
- Many times they percieve pain as more severe than a patient without - May be ultra sensitive to touch. Manual therapy may not work - Discharge until physical symptoms are better controlled |
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- With patients with pych issues, what might be different with the home exercise plans prescribed? - How does their attendance differ? - How might cognition be effected? - How do their responses to treatment vary? |
- Home exercise programs are difficult, better if paired w/ functional activities - Attendence manytimes worse - Lowered due to meds and illness - Responses vary much more -> interventions that work for most may not work for them |
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What are 4 strategies OT's might use to better work with people with mental illness?
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1) Dont downplay clients perception of seriousness of complaint 2) Provide unconditional positive regard for client/family/caregiver 3) Encourage them to participate in decision making about plan of care and home exercise programs 4) Create client-therapist relationship built on multual respect |
