MH Conditions Flashcards
➢Intellectual disabilities
➢Autism spectrum disorders
➢Attention deficit disorder/attention deficit hyperactivty disorder
➢Specific learning disorders
➢Tic disorders
Neuro developmental disorders
Depression and bipolar disorder
Mood disorder
ODD
Conduct disorder
Types of mental health conditions
Mood disorders: depression, bipolar disorder
•Anxiety disorders
•Obsessive-compulsive disorders
•Conduct disorders: oppositional defiant disorder
•Schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders
•Eating Disorders
•Substance Abuse
•Trauma
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Attachment disorder
Adverse childhood experiences
Trauma
Occupations to address
ADL
IADL
Education (ED)
Social participation
Play
Recreation
Leisure
Sleep
Work and volunteer
Caregiver burden or strain refers to:
demands, responsibilities, difficulties, and negative psychological consequences of caring for a child with disabilities
Caregiver Strain and Parent/Family Supports involves
Issues related to guilt, worry, depression and anger
Financial, employment and limited social and community opportunities
Barriers
Warning signs of caregiver stress
Physically
Emotionally
Relationally
Financially
OT evaluation for MH disorders must involve
Overarching model
Questions, data, observation
Synthesize data to create intervention plan
Semistructured interview, and assessments
Client factors, performance skills, performance patterns and contexts
Create questions, collect data, make observations based on model
Self-efficacy
Self-concept
Self-esteem
Self-determination
Areas of evaluation
Methods of evaluation
Interview
Assessment tools
Observation
Community, school system, residential/inpatient facilities
Settings of strength-based interventions
Strength-based interventions focus on
1.Executive functioning
2.Emotional regulation
3.Behavior
4.Skills training
Executive functioning focuses on
1.Attention
2.Inhibition
3.Working memory
4.Emotion
5.Action
Intervention approaches of SOCCS
Situation
Options
Consequences
Choices
Strategies
Simulation
Intervention approaches on CO-OP
a.Identify goals
b.Develop strategies to address goals
c.Implement strategies
d.Reflect upon performance
Social thinking curriculum
SUPERFLEX
Other intervention approaches include
Environmental modifications and emotional regulation
Building self-efficacy, self-concept and body image through occupation, peer models, and problem-solving are important within ________
Intervention
Sensory diet approaches include
Zone of regulation
How does your engine run?
Mindfulness
Yoga
Behavioral intervention approach
Positive reinforcement
Behavioral charts
Skills training intervention approach
Peer modeling
True/False: group interventions are an intervention approach
True
Children with mental health disorders have trouble with
executive functioning, emotional regulation, behavior, and social skills.
Children w/ MH disorder experience
intellectual, behavioral, and mental health challenges that interfere with their ability to participate in occupations.
may not be able to problem-solve, manage their time, maintain focus, manage their emotions, cope with change, follow rules or expectations, interact with others, express themselves, or understand the context
This describes a child that may have what type of disorder(s)??
Mental health disorders
True/False: isolation is common in children w/ MH disorders
True
Why might a child show poor self-efficacy, self-concept, self-esteem, and self-determination may interfere with engagement in daily occupations?
Because the child may feel unable to participate and loses motivation to participate.
Caregiver burden or caregiver strain is defined as:
the demands, responsibilities, difficulties, and negative psychological consequences of caring for a child with disabilities
Caregivers may feel
guilt, worry, depression, and anger as well as have external barriers to participation such as finances, difficulty with employment and limited social and community opportunities
Occupational therapists create interventions to target mental health issues using principles from occupation-centered models of practice and selected frames of reference which include:
● cognitive behavioral
●behavioral
●sensory processing
●development (skills training) or compensatory (environmental modification) approaches.
Some programs have been developed to address mental health issues, such as:
➢Every Moment Counts
➢SOCCSS (Situation, Option, Consequences, Choices, Strategies, Simulation)
➢Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP)
➢Superflex program
