mental health quiz 1

Question 1

People with mental health disorders have trouble controlling their

Answer 1

feelings, thoughts, and behavior

Question 2

Occupation has been defined as goal directed use of

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time, interest, energy, and attention

Question 3

Occupation must have

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meaning and purpose to the person performing it

Question 4

OT views engagement in occupation as essential to both

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physical and mental health

Question 5

OT practitioners work with consumers:

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Patients, clients, families, caregivers, and residents

Question 6

OT practitioners work on

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Medication education

Question 7

Ot practitioners help troubled individuals families and communities

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Learn new skills
maintain successful habits and routines 
adapt if necessary
explore their feelings and interest
control their lives and destinies

Question 8

Mental health is view in terms of reasonably functioning with

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daily life activities (work)
relationships(loving)
exploration and growth (creating)

Question 9

mental health is defined in relation to

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changing life conditions and responding constructively and creatively to the changing demands and opportunities of real life

Question 10

defining mental health

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“a state of being relative rather than absolute”, this definition views mental health in terms of successful functioning within a framework of daily life activities , working, loving-relationship, and exploration and growth

Question 11

Medical disorders _____ bring on mental disorders

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can

Question 12

relating occupation to mental health :

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Remember OT defines occupation as anything one does to occupy themselves. The syndrome or disorder may be a result of some behavioral and or psychological condition or related to secondary physical condition, or illness. Requires attention and energy.

Question 13

Occupational therapy in mental health:

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Very simply, since OT uses purposeful activity as it’s primary treatment tool patients with mental health conditions prove to themselves that they can act and perform in activities that have meaning to them. “Every person is born with a drive to act on the environment , to change things, to work, and to use the hands and the mind

Question 14

1920’s

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OT essentially came into it’s own as a result of treating WW1 veterans

Question 15

1930’s

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beliefs changed and treatment of mental disorders was biological in nature: ECT, prefrontal lobotomies and insulin shock treatment were common

Question 16

1940’s

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represents a significant period of distress for the OT profession, it was regarded as lacking scientific foundation and almost resulted in the extinction of OT
Adapted vocab and concepts of psychoanalysis, continue to work under dr. but ot’s began to use activities to evaluate pt’s

Question 17

1950’s

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psychoanalytical treatment became the prevailing intervention. OT’s began to explore unconscious needs and drives of the individual. Also critical during this period, was the discovery and introduction of major tranquilizers to pt care. On the positive side of the new pharmacological intervention, pt behaviors that were so extreme could now be treated.

Question 18

1960’s-1970’s

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continued advancement in medications which was additionally highlighted by the process of deinstitutionalization and implementation of community mental health agencies. Based on the works of skinner and Pavlov, behavioral therapy became a new focus of OT intervention. Focused more on production not feelings.
1970- jean ayers and lorna king- sensory integration for the treatment of psychiatric disorders.
King and Allen- activity and occupation as focus for intervention

Question 19

1980’s

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Claudia Allen- 6 levels of cognitive functioning., compensatory method
cognitive behavior was implemented
development of sensory processing
Gary Kielhofner- MOHO ( with the help of Mary Reilly)

Question 20

MOHO

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model of human occupation- model proposes that humans respond and adapt to the environment based upon interactions among three sub systems , volition habituation, and performance.

Question 21

Current

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Since OT utilizes a holistic approach to the tx of our pts no matter what the clinical setting may be, the OT practitioner MUST be competent and knowledgeable in all types of therapeutic intervention the profession has to offer our pts

Question 22

2002

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Intro of practice framework, COTA positions likely to expand in mental health

Question 23

OTR and COTA roles

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• to clarify the role of the ota, has in the past conducted projects on role delineation
• important to understand the entry level ota is trained to collaborate with the supervising ot to provide OT services

Question 24

OTR and COTA roles

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The OTR and OTA are prepared to preform complimentary job functions

Question 25

Competency

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1-3 entry level
3-9 intermediate
10 Advanced

Question 26

OTR and COTA roles

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are both involved in all stages of the intervention process from screening evaluation to discharge planning
the OTA may preform some of the parts of the evaluation once service competency is obtained
by education, the otas area of greatest expertise is performance in areas of occupation

Question 27

OTR and COTA Roles

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the otr is oriented towards assessment and eval. and intervention in client factors and specific performance skills
the depth of supervision required by the ota can sometimes be determined only by considering the guidelines and the characteristics of the particular situation
take thorough notes for evaluation