7 OT AND MENTAL HEALTH Flashcards
MENTAL HEALTH
A state of well-being in which every individual realizes their own potential, cope with normal stresses of life, and can work productively.
MENTALLY HEALTHY PERSON
Can manage daily affairs despite stresses of the real external world.
Able to respond constructively and creatively to real life’s changing demands and opportunities.
PERSON WITH MENTAL ILLNESS EXPERIENCES
Problems in thinking.
Emotional discomfort.
Disability.
Risk.
MENTAL HEALTH VS MENTAL ILLNESS
Mental Health: state of well-being.
Mental Illness: clinical disturbance in mental function.
RELATION OF OCCUPATION TO MENTAL HEALTH
Motivation affected.
Reasons to not something you’re motivated to do.
MORAL TREATMENT ERA
Motivated the patients, more healthy mental state.
THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP
The therapeutic use of self is being aware of oneself and the patient and controlling what one communicates.
THERAPEUTIC QUALITIES (8)
Empathy.
Sensitivity.
Respect.
Warmth.
Genuineness.
Self-disclosure.
Specificity.
Immediacy.
EMPATHY
Understanding how someone else feels.
SENSITIVITY
Being attuned to the patient’s needs and awareness of your effect on him or her.
RESPECT
Seeing things from patient’s point of view.
WARMTH
Being friendly, interested, and enthusiastic.
GEUINENESS
Being oneself openly.
SELF-DISCLOSURE
Revealing things about oneself.
SPECIFITY
Being able to state things simply, directly, concretely, and focusing only on what is relevant.
IMMEDIACY
Giving feedback immediately.
TECHNIQUES FOR RELATING TO PATIENTS
Make first contact brief.
TRANSFERENCE
When a patient unconsciously relates to the therapist as if he/she were another person of importance in the patient’s life.
COUNTERTRANSFERENCE
When the therapist unconsciously assumes the role transferred onto him or her.
DEPENDENCE (3 TYPES)
Detrimental: excessive dependence on the therapist.
Constructive: dependent on therapist only for things the patient truly cannot manage.
Self: can become problematic if patients overestimate their abilities to be self-reliant.
HELPLESSNESS, ANGER, OR DEPRESSION
Can happen in work and with patients.
Share feelings with more experienced staff.
Go to therapy.
Set goals that are proper for them.
SEXUAL FEELINGS
Do not enter into a sexual or emotional relationship with a patient.
Remind patients that a sexual relationship is inappropriate.
FEAR AND REVULSION
Fear of interactions with the mentally ill.
Not wanting to be in the situation.
ETHICS
A set of principles that guide the practice of a profession.
Contains rules and guidelines about what is considered proper conduct for the professional.
PATIENT-CENTERED FOCUS
Place the patient’s interests above your own.
GOAL-ORIENTED TREATMENT
Direct your energies toward accomplishing the treatment goals.
PATIENTS RIGHTS
Respect the patient’s rights, including the right to refuse treatment.
CONFIDENTIALITY
Respect the confidentiality of the therapeutic relationship.
PATIENT WELFARE
Safeguard the welfare of patients under your care.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Maintain your own competence to provide occupational therapy.
STANDARD OF CARE
Protect the patient from negligence, abuse, and substandard care.
ENDING THE THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP
Make time to acknowledge the end of the relationship.
Ask patients to explore feelings associated with ending the relationship.
MINDFULNESS
Focus is on the here and now.
Useful for occupational therapy practitioners to teach client to become and remain present in the performance of task.
