Occupational Therapy Can Support Treatments by Other Mental Health Providers
Humans have evolved over time to automatically react, at a neurological level, to environmental sensory stimulation. Increased sensitivity and orientation to the light touch of a disease-spreading mosquito or the low growl of a hungry predator supported early humans...Volition: Occupational Therapy’s Unique Understanding of the Human Motivation for Action
Occupational therapy as a health profession is concerned with the ability of individuals to optimally perform activities that they want to do, need to do, or are expected to do by others. The Model of Human Occupation, a theoretical frame of reference that guides the...
Occupational Therapy’s Holistic Perspective on Mental Health
As a healthcare profession that views health and wellbeing through a holistic lens, occupational therapy provides support to individuals in addressing both physical and mental health. It is estimated that between 40% and 60% of individuals who experience chronic pain...
Digital Literacy Takes The Front Seat Back From Mental Illness
Since 2014, CodiePie and Painted Brain set an initiative to create a vocational program that supports training individuals for jobs in tech. People living with mental illness have a hard time sustaining a job, especially when challenged by the impairment of...
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