Quiz: 2 OT Services in the Promotion of Psychological and Social Aspects of Mental Health

Question 1

Components of Psychological and Social Well-Being

Answer 1

• Postive mental health functioning
• Transcends a specific diagnosis or practice setting
• Addressed in all OT Interventions Primary influences on:
  
  • Health
  • Recovery
  • Ability to resume meaningful occupations
• WHO’s description of mental health

Question 2

Is psychological and social well-being related to a diagnosis?

Answer 2

No

Question 3

Factors of Psychological and Social Well-being

Answer 3

Psychological

• Internal to the client
• Interst and sustained engagement
• Influence:
  
  • Thought
  • Emotions
  • Behavior
  • Personality
• WHO: global mental funtions
• Motivation for personal growth
• Inpulse Control
• Emotional Stability

Question 4

Factors of Psychological and Social Well-being

Answer 4

Social Factors

• Personal Level
  
  • Social Well-being
    
    • Empathy, affection, intimacy, maintain caring relationships
  • Environmental Level
    
    • Connection to the surrounding world
      
      • Availability, attitudes, and values of social support at family community, and social level.

Question 5

Effects of Positive Psychological & Social Factors

Answer 5

• Intact self-concept, motivation, and resilliance.
• Abilty to aknowledge, accept, and adapt to real or percieved challenges.
• Demonstration of:
  
  • Positive mental health?
  • Psychological abilities
  • Social abilities

Question 6

Rationale and Significance

Answer 6

• OT Practitioner’s view of positive mental health
• Understanding of challenges to subjective well-being
• Sustainment of ongoing occupational performance
• Practitioner Collaboration with Clients

Question 7

Background and Historical Perspective

Answer 7

• Founders concerned with the negative effects of inactivity on individuals
• Humans brought to their occupations a copmlex mix of
  
  • Personal
  • Physical
  • psychological
  • social
  • cultural
  • environmental
  • political

Question 8

Relationship to Domain and Process

Answer 8

• “Engagement in occupation as the focus of occupational therapy intervention involves addressing both subjective (emotional and psychological) and objective (physically observable) aspects of performance” (AOTA, 2008, p. 628; see also Wilcock & Townsend, 2008).
• OT actions during the evaluation and intervention process

Question 9

Description of Practice, Practice Settings & Related Issues

Answer 9

• Overarching goal
• Timing for reception of OT services
• Components of the therapeutic process
• Occupations and therapeutic relationships
• Conditionalandinteractivereasoning
• Communication within and through occupation
• Administration standardized/nonstandardized assessments evaluating impact of psychological and social factors

Question 10

Therapeutic Use of Self

Answer 10

An occupational practitions plain use of his or her personality, insights, judgements, etc… to enhance the theraputic process.

Methods of responding to the clients skills and the ability to model

Contributes to client centered care

Question 11

Therapeutic Use of Occupation, Activities, Education, Consultation, & Advocacy Initiatives

Answer 11

• Occupations & Activities
  
  • Mastery experiences
  • Role modeling
  • Adaptation to support successful engagement
• Recommendation of strategies and resources
• Education: goal setting & communication strategies

Question 12

Therapeutic Use of Occupation, Activities, Education, Consultation, & Advocacy Initiatives

Answer 12

• Consultation: how to use occupation
  
  • Care-givers
  • organizations
• Advocacy
  
  • Individuals
  • Populations
  • Organizations: policies & practices