1st Edition

Short-Term Treatment in Occupational Therapy

By Kathy Kaplan, Diane Gibson Copyright 1984

    This volume discusses prime topics relevant to the practice of short -term psychiatric occupational therapy.

    Contents Introduction
    • Short-Term Psychiatric Treatment: How Will Occupational Therapy Adapt?
    • Changing Role Expectations of Psychiatric Occupational Therapists
    • Short-Term Assessment: The Need and a Response
    • The Use of groups in Short-Term Psychiatric Settings
    • Occupational Therapy for chronic Pain: A Clinical Application of the Model of Human Occupation
    • Short-Term Hospital Treatment of the Acute Schizophrenic Episode
    • Theoretical Issues in Short-Term Treatment
    • A Psychiatrist’s Experience with Occupational Therapy in a Short-Term General Hospital Unit

    Biography

    Diane Gibson, Kathy Kaplan