Module 1: Occupational Therapy History Flashcards
Began during the 17th to 19th century. Rampant social inequities across social structures led to a broadening social consciousness and awareness
Period of Awakening
Began in England and France, it is an approach to mental disorder based on human psychosocial care and moral disciplines
Moral Treatment
A French psychiatrist who treated in asylums in Paris, 1786. He used occupation to divert patients minds away from their illness and improve their skills.
Philippe Pinel
Founded the York Retreat in England, 1976.
His main ideas included:
- idea of non constraint
- mentall illness is curable
- patients can learn self-control
- attendants can engage patients in occupations
William Tuke
He popularized Moral Treatment.
Samuel Tuke
Father of American Psychiatry.
First American and physician to institute Moral Treatment in the US.
Benjamin Rush
Two men who adopted “occupation & non-constraint” treatment theory at an asylum
Thomas Scattergood & Thomas Eddy
Began in England during the early 1900s. Developed OT further through Diversional Therapy, Manual Training, Vocational Education, and Occupational Training.
The Arts and Crafts Movement
Coined the term “Work cure” in 1906
Dr. Herbert James Hall
Made the first conceptual model of OT. Introduced systematic types of activity to the ward in Massachusetts, 1892.
Adolf Meyer
A proponent for the OT for the nervous and mentall ill in 1925.
Louis Haas
A nurse who became the first OT. She also wrote the first known OT book.
Susan Tracy
The first known OT book
“Studies of Invalid Occupation”
A social worker who cofounded the Hull House
Jane Addams
Wrote the “Educational Handbook” in 1910
Thomas Kidner