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Understanding Cognitive Performance Modes
An occupational therapy handbook provides lists with a short description of each mode, functional ability of a person in this mode, functional goals applicable to the mode, treatment methods, and safety precautions.
Occupational Therapy for Psychiatric Diseases
Psychiatrie, handicap mental, comportement
Occupational Therapy Treatment Goals for the Physically and Cognitively Disabled
"This book is designed to help therapists predict the rehabilitation potential for patients who have a cognitive disability. It also can be used to do clinical research, offering descriptive case studies, comparison groups, and replications to examine treatment effectiveness."--
Fragility Fracture Nursing
This open access book aims to provide a comprehensive but practical overview of the knowledge required for the assessment and management of the older adult with or at risk of fragility fracture. It considers this from the perspectives of all of the settings in which this group of patients receive nursing care. Globally, a fragility fracture is estimated to occur every 3 seconds. This amounts to 25 000 fractures per day or 9 million per year. The financial costs are reported to be: 32 billion EUR per year in Europe and 20 billon USD in the United States. As the population of China ages, the cost of hip fracture care there is likely to reach 1.25 billion USD by 2020 and 265 billion by 2050 (In...
Cognitive Technology in Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Remarkable advances in the past two decades in the molecular biological sciences and in the behavioral and social sciences have deepened our understanding of schizophrenia, one of the most disabling of psychiatric conditions. Most recently research has begun to converge on the cognitive characteristics of schizophrenia, as understood in the modern context of the cognitive sciences. The cognitive processes of perception, language, logical thought, problem solving, and emotional regulation have long been known to be seriously impaired in schizophrenia, and it is clear that cognitive impairments contribute heavily to the disabilities suffered by schizophrenic patients. However, it is not clear ...
The Development of Standardized Clinical Evaluations in Mental Health
"In this stimulating new volume, the value of research with control groups is demonstrated as occupational therapists are given concrete evidence that is helpful in clarifying theoretical belief systems. Experts provide suggestions for refining clinical practices with empirical investigations. The exciting contributions in this well-researched volume form a comprehensive battery of tests that evaluates the mental operations that guide functional performance--with the prospect of gaining a clearer understanding of the mental difficulties that patients have in performance. Other topics include the human occupation model and the relationships between cognitive disabilities and occupational behavior/human occupation"--Publisher description.
Occupational Therapy in Forensic Psychiatry
Learn Role Development techniques to provide more effective therapy to schizophrenic clients! Occupational Therapy in Forensic Psychiatry: Role Development and Schizophrenia presents a set of guidelines for clinical practice in Role Development. Role Development is a treatment intervention designed to assist individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia in developing social roles, task skills, and interpersonal skills. The book provides concrete, practical suggestions for using Role Develpoment with clients. These guidelines are thoroughly described as are methods for implementing treatment. With the resources provided in Occupational Therapy in Forensic Psychiatry, OT clinicians will have the to...
Surviving 9/11
The first in-depth look of the effects of September 11 on occupational therapy! Surviving 9/11: Impact and Experiences of Occupational Therapy Practitioners is a collection of firsthand accounts from occupational therapy providers and their clients. This book reveals the thoughts and fears of occupational therapists who had to help heal their patients while suffering emotional and psychological stress themselves. This volume shows how occupational therapy practitioners dealt with the aftermath using group discussions, planned events, and creative projects to heal themselves as well as their clients. Surviving 9/11 demonstrates the importance of therapeutic treatment for all types of victims ...
Treatment of the Chronic Schizophrenic Patient
Gain a better understanding of how to best serve the needs of chronic schizophrenics with this highly informative volume. Experts explain new and applicable treatments for this special population of patients.
