Psychosocial Occupational Therapy in Clinical Practice

This new book fills a need in psychosocial occupational therapy education for a comprehensive, practice-focused resource. It brings together unique clinical concepts so that students and educators can understand and enthusiastically embrace psychosocial practice. It demystifies psychiatric practice with realistic case illustrations throughout the book and by employing longer case histories that bring abstract concepts alive. Chapters on dissociative and personality disorders, psychiatric treatment of HIV, the impact of physical illness on mental health, the impact of mental illness on the family, vocational programming, occupational therapy in the criminal justice system, case management, and supervision in fieldwork bring together essential information.