by Kevin Naruse | Jan 13, 2020 | Mental Health
Sleepย disturbances are the most frequently reported psychiatric symptom in the general population and are commonly associated with various mental illness diagnoses (Faulkner & Bee, 2016; Faulkner & Mairs, 2015). Sleep disturbances include insomnia or inability...
by Kevin Naruse | Jun 25, 2018 | Occupational Therapy
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...
by Kevin Naruse | Jun 8, 2018 | Mental Health, Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapyย 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...
by Kevin Naruse | May 3, 2018 | Occupational Therapy
As a healthcare profession that views health and wellbeing through a holistic lens,ย occupational therapyย provides support to individuals in addressing both physical andย mental health. It is estimated that between 40% and 60% of individuals who experience chronic pain...
by Kevin Naruse | Apr 23, 2018 | Events
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...