The field of occupational therapy serves to aid people in regaining their independence. As an occupational therapist, your goal is to provide your patients with proper physical rehabilitation to engage in meaningful work, or occupations. The American Occupational Therapy Association defines this allied health field as, a career which assists people throughout the lifespan engage in the activities they want and believe are necessary by utilizing everyday activities as a means for therapy (“What is”). The field involves both psychological and physiological aspects of the patient. Therefore an occupational therapist must be trained in a variety of subjects. Mary Anne Peabody and Stephen P. Demanchick note an occupational therapist must be competent
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Moreover, mental disorders are also described as causing distress or impairment to one’s ability to carry out day to day tasks. Individuals impacted by mental illness are at a greater risk for a substantial loss or freedom, pain, disability, and ultimately death (Stein et al., 2010). Research is being published day after day showing us the prevalence of mental illness in our society. In fact, Eisenberg, Goberstein, Whitlock, and Downs made the claim, mental illness makes up nearly half of the “estimated burden of disease” (Eisenberg et al., 2012). It is clear mental illness is a relevant concern among health professionals, and we are in a need to find the best treatment. When it comes to mental treating mental illness, we see a divide between a medical approach, which favors medication and drug therapy, and a psychosocial approach. Researchers Wyatt and Livson wanted to detect whether or not the “great divide” existed between the medical and psychosocial models of mental health treatment. What they found was psychologists and psychiatrists are “closer than ever” to agreeing on the approaches to mental suffering, but they are also the farthest apart they have ever been when it comes to the way they conceptualize these emotional disturbances (Wyatt & Livson, 1994). Research has proven under some circumstances, medicinal …show more content…
A group of licensed occupational therapists and a medical doctor performed a study to better understand activity involvement in older adults diagnosed with depression. Leibold et al., knew in order
Moreover, mental disorders are also described as causing distress or impairment to one’s ability to carry out day to day tasks. Individuals impacted by mental illness are at a greater risk for a substantial loss or freedom, pain, disability, and ultimately death (Stein et al., 2010). Research is being published day after day showing us the prevalence of mental illness in our society. In fact, Eisenberg, Goberstein, Whitlock, and Downs made the claim, mental illness makes up nearly half of the “estimated burden of disease” (Eisenberg et al., 2012). It is clear mental illness is a relevant concern among health professionals, and we are in a need to find the best treatment. When it comes to mental treating mental illness, we see a divide between a medical approach, which favors medication and drug therapy, and a psychosocial approach. Researchers Wyatt and Livson wanted to detect whether or not the “great divide” existed between the medical and psychosocial models of mental health treatment. What they found was psychologists and psychiatrists are “closer than ever” to agreeing on the approaches to mental suffering, but they are also the farthest apart they have ever been when it comes to the way they conceptualize these emotional disturbances (Wyatt & Livson, 1994). Research has proven under some circumstances, medicinal …show more content…
A group of licensed occupational therapists and a medical doctor performed a study to better understand activity involvement in older adults diagnosed with depression. Leibold et al., knew in order