Chapter 6 — The Person

Question 1

Is OT practice driven by symptomatology?

Answer 1

No!!!

Question 2

What does knowing of psychiatric diagnoses do for an OTP?

Answer 2

Facilitate in treatment and understanding potential occupational performance

Question 3

In the PEO model the person is viewed (1) in what way, with (2) what types of experiences that shape the individuals identify?

Answer 3

1. Viewed holistically
2. With spiritual, social, cultural experiences?

Question 4

Central to recovery is asking people with mental illness what two things?

Answer 4

What they WANT and NEED

Question 5

What does a client-centered perspective do?

Answer 5

Promote hope
Hears the person
Respect lived experience
Sees person as equal member of society

Question 6

What type of language demonstrates that the individual is valued and the person comes first?

Answer 6

Person-first language

Question 7

Statements such as:
“A person with schizophrenia” or “An individual with a developmental disability” are considered to be?

Answer 7

Person-first language

Question 8

When the disability becomes the focus because it is viewed as a point of pride, this is called?

Answer 8

Identity-first language

Question 9

Referring to someone as “autistic” or “disabled” is known as

Answer 9

Identity-first language

Question 10

How do we determine which language to refer to a client as?

Answer 10

Ask them to be sure, duh

Question 11

What does the DSM-5 stand for?

Answer 11

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition

Question 12

What does the DSM-5 do?

Answer 12

Classification system of psychiatric diagnosis

Question 13

What is the APA?

Answer 13

American psychiatric association

Question 14

The APA notes that the DSM serves 3 main purposes. What are they?

Answer 14

To serve as a guide for assessment
To support and facilitate research
To support the teaching and learning of psychopathology

Question 15

Identity the 9 performance skills that contribute to treatment within mental health

Answer 15

Cognition
Cognitive beliefs
Sensory processing
Coping and resilience
Motivation
Emotion
Communication and socialization
Pain regulation
Time use and habits

Question 16

Functions such as attention, memory, and executive functions refers to

Answer 16

Cognition

Question 17

Concerns of how people think themselves and world, and can leaded to distorted thoughts, enhancing occupational performance problems

Answer 17

Cognitive beliefs

Question 18

This skill can be helpful in vocational rehabilitation, where person/environment “fit” is a core intervention approach

Answer 18

Sensory processing

Question 19

This clinician created sensory approaches to reduce restraints and seclusion in psychiatric hospitals to avoid sensory overload

Answer 19

Jean Ayres

Question 20

Transitional services is an example of

Answer 20

Vocational rehab

Question 21

This performance skill has two overarching classification systems to categorize certain strategies

Answer 21

Coping and resilience

Question 22

The two classification systems in coping in resilience:

Answer 22

Emotion or problem focused
&
Approach or avoidance oriented

Question 23

Person seeks to reduce negative emotional consequences of a negative life event

Answer 23

Emotion focused coping/resilience

Question 24

Changing or confronting the stress is a classification of what performance skill

Answer 24

Problem focused coping

Question 25

This strategy involves dealing with the issue

Answer 25

Approach-oriented

Question 26

This strategy involves escaping from a situation by distraction, denial, or some other method

Answer 26

Avoidance strategies

Question 27

If this performance skill is impaired it can interfere with performance of meaningful occupations

Answer 27

Motivation

Question 28

The willingness to do is called

Answer 28

Volition

Question 29

This drives a person to action

Answer 29

Volitional subsystem

Question 30

What is an example of motivational interviewing?

Answer 30

An interest inventory

Question 31

This performance skills is affected by what we experience at the time

Answer 31

Emotion

Question 32

This term is defined as being a core component of dialectical behavior therapy and other approaches

Answer 32

Emotion regulation

Question 33

Many people with psychiatric disabilities can experience challenges with this Performance skill due to fear of embarrassment or shame, even during periods of sadness.

Answer 33

Communication and socialization

Question 34

This performance skill states that there is a reciprocal relationship between pain and psychiatric disabilities

Answer 34

Pain regulation

Question 35

Pain sensitivity is increased in individuals with

Answer 35

Alzheimer’s disease

Question 36

Pain sensitivity is decreased in individuals with

Answer 36

Schizophrenia

Question 37

Chronic pain often co-occurs with

Answer 37

Major depression

Question 38

What two aspects should an OTP consider of the person-holistic practice

Answer 38

Physical and psychosocial

Question 39

This performance skill is influenced by age, gender, physical status, psychosocial status, cognition, and personal beliefs

Answer 39

Time use and habits

Question 40

How do we recognize the individual nature of performance skills

Answer 40

Understand that each person is unique and do not make assumptions

Question 41

True/ False: impairment in performance skill does not directly translate to impaired occupational performance

Answer 41

True

Question 42

How does an OTP appreciate the lived experience of a person in recovery. How can this be done as an intervention approach?

Answer 42

By knowing their story. This can be done through narrative or story telling

Question 43

How can narrative be used for assessment

Answer 43

Through structured interviews

Question 44

Assessment that provides a method for children in youth to describe their own perspectives regarding occupational competence and values.

Answer 44

The child Occupational Self-Assessment

Question 45

How can narrative be used in intervention

Answer 45

To encourage self-discovery Promote cognitive and psychosocial processing of experience Sharing stories to connect persons w/ similar experiences

Question 46

Examples of creative media to share narratives and implement self-expression

Answer 46

Writing or verbal expression, photography, art, drama, music, dance

Question 47

How can we understand the person we are treating

Answer 47

Through underlying client factors, performance skills, diagnosis, and symptoms

Question 48

Recovery-oriented perspective basically tells us that

Answer 48

Each person is unique

Question 49

This area can be a barrier to successful engagement in occupations, should not be considered in isolation, and requires consideration of environmental context and occupational performance when treating a client with mental health disorders

Answer 49

Performance skills

Question 50

How can stories be useful for an OTP and their client

Answer 50

In understanding lived experience and serve as a means of promoting recovery