Muslim Middle Eastern clients' reflections on their relationship with their occupational therapists in mental health care

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 328-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parvin Pooremamali ◽  
Mona Eklund ◽  
Margareta Östman ◽  
Dennis Persson
2021 ◽  
pp. 030802262110181
Author(s):  
Megan L Howes ◽  
Diane Ellison

Introduction There is recognition within the literature that the role of care-giving can have a negative impact on care-givers’ general well-being. Less is understood about the role of care-giving on an individual’s occupational participation and in turn occupational identity. Occupational therapists have a unique understanding of the interplay between occupational participation and health, though this is an area that has been under researched in relation to mental health care-givers. Therefore, the current research aims to understand how the role of care-giving for an individual with a mental illness impacts on occupational participation and identity. Method A qualitative semi-structured interview the Occupational Performance and History Interview–Version 2 was utilised to understand life experiences. Six mental health care-givers were interviewed, and these interviews were transcribed for thematic analysis. Findings Three main themes were identified: being me, roles and responsibilities associated with care-giving and services. Conclusion The findings suggest being a mental health care-giver does have a detrimental impact on occupational participation and therefore occupational identity. As care-givers gained more experience in their role, they used occupational adaption as a positive coping mechanism that helped them achieve occupational balance. Using their unique understanding of occupational participation and occupational identity, occupational therapists are well placed to utilise their knowledge and skills to work in a systemic way supporting both the person with mental illness and their care-giver.


Author(s):  
Mariana Felício De Godoy ◽  
Alline Souza Beraldo ◽  
Sulamita Gonzaga Silva Amorim ◽  
Maria Luisa Gazabim Simões Ballarin

A avaliação constitui etapa essencial no processo terapêutico ocupacional, entretanto, a produção de conhecimento sobre esta temática no cenário nacional é ainda escassa. Este trabalho tem por objetivo analisar a percepção de terapeutas ocupacionais sobre os processos de avaliação que realizam nos serviços que atuam na atenção à saúde mental de um município do interior de São Paulo, Brasil. Trata-se de um estudo exploratório, descritivo e de natureza qualitativa. Para tanto, foram analisados relatos pertinentes ao material coletado em campo, resultante da realização de 14 entrevistas semiestruturadas com os terapeutas ocupacionais, assim como a aplicação de questionário contendo perguntas abertas e fechadas. Os resultados obtidos evidenciaram que os terapeutas ocupacionais eram prioritariamente do sexo feminino, com média idade de 35 anos. Atuavam em diferentes serviços da Rede de Atenção Psicossocial do município - Centros de Atenção Psicossocial tipo, III, álcool e outras drogas, Serviço de Geração de Renda e Enfermaria de Psiquiatria em Hospital Geral. Constatou-se que os profissionais utilizavam diversas estratégias avaliativas, embora não utilizassem instrumentos padronizados e validados específicos da Terapia Ocupacional. Os entrevistados referiram avaliar os usuários em diferentes momentos (triagem, acolhimento e ao longo do processo de acompanhamento) e ressaltaram a importância da avaliação em outros contextos, no caso, o domicílio. As principais demandas dos usuários identificadas nos processos avaliativos relacionavam-se às dificuldades de realização nas atividades cotidianas. A análise dos resultados obtidos evidenciou a necessidade de que outros estudos possam ser desenvolvidos contribuindo assim para o oferecimento de um cuidado cada vez mais qualificado.Abstract The evaluation is an essential step in the occupational therapeutic process, however, the production of knowledge about this subject in the national scenario is still scarce. This study aims to analyze the perception of occupational therapist about the intervention process they perform in the mental health care services of a municipality in the interior of São Paulo, Brazil. This is an exploratory and descriptive study of a qualitative nature. In orderto do so, we analyzed pertinent reports on the material collected in the field, resulting from the accomplishment of 14 semi-structured interviews with the occupational therapists, as well as the application of a questionnaire containing open and closed questions. The results showed that occupational therapists were primarily female, with a mean age of 35 years. They worked in different services of the Psychosocial Attention Network of the city - Psychosocial Attention Centers type III, alcohol and other drugs, Income Generation Service and Psychiatric Nursing in General Hospital. It was found that professionals use several evaluative strategies, although they do not use standardized and validated instruments specific to occupational therapy. They refer to evaluating the users at different times (screening, reception and during the follow-up process) and emphasize the importance of evaluation in other contexts, in this case, the home. The main demands of the users identified in the evaluation processes related to the difficulties of accomplishment in daily activities. The analysis of the obtained results evidenced the need for other studies to be developed, thus contributing to the provision of increasingly qualified care.Key words: Evaluation; Mental health; Occupational therapy. Resumen El procedimiento de evaluación es un paso esencial en el proceso de terapia ocupacional, sin embargo, la producción de conocimiento sobre este tema en la escena nacional es todavía escasa. Así, este trabajo tiene por objetivo analizar la percipción de terapeutas ocupacionales sobre los procesos de evaluación que realizan en los servicios que actuán en la atención a la salud mental de un município del interior de São Paulo, Brasil. Se trata de un estudio exploratorio y descriptivo de naturaleza cualitativa. Por lo tanto, los informes se analizaron relevante para el material recogido en el campo, como resultado de la finalización de 14 entrevistas semiestructuradas con terapeutas ocupacionales, así como la aplicación de un cuestionario con preguntas abiertas y cerradas. Los resultados mostraron que los terapeutas ocupacionales eran principalmente mujeres, edad media 35 años. Se trabajó en diferentes departamentos de la Red de Atención Psicosocial del municipio - psicosocial tipo de centros de atención, III, alcohol y otras drogas, Servicio de Generación de Ingresos y Psiquiatría Ward en el Hospital General. Se encontró que los profesionales utilizan diversas estrategias de evaluación, pero no utilizan instrumentos estandarizados y validados terapia ocupacional específica. Refere evaluar usuarios en diferentes momentos (triaje, larecepción y todo el proceso de supervisión) y hacer hincapi é en la importancia de la evaluación en otros contextos, en este caso la casa. Las principales demandas de los usuarios identificados en los procesos de evaluación fueron relacionados con las dificultades de realización en las actividades diarias. El análisis de los resultados mostró la necesidad de realizar más estudios puede ser desarrollado que contribuye a ofrecer una atención cada vez más especializada.Palabras clave: Evaluación; Salud mental; Terapia ocupacional.


1996 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 274-275
Author(s):  
O. Lawrence ◽  
J.D. Gostin

In the summer of 1979, a group of experts on law, medicine, and ethics assembled in Siracusa, Sicily, under the auspices of the International Commission of Jurists and the International Institute of Higher Studies in Criminal Science, to draft guidelines on the rights of persons with mental illness. Sitting across the table from me was a quiet, proud man of distinctive intelligence, William J. Curran, Frances Glessner Lee Professor of Legal Medicine at Harvard University. Professor Curran was one of the principal drafters of those guidelines. Many years later in 1991, after several subsequent re-drafts by United Nations (U.N.) Rapporteur Erica-Irene Daes, the text was adopted by the U.N. General Assembly as the Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and for the Improvement of Mental Health Care. This was the kind of remarkable achievement in the field of law and medicine that Professor Curran repeated throughout his distinguished career.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nosheen Akhtar ◽  
Cheryl Forchuk ◽  
Katherine McKay ◽  
Sandra Fisman ◽  
Abraham Rudnick

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 255-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine Loos ◽  
Reinhold Kilian ◽  
Thomas Becker ◽  
Birgit Janssen ◽  
Harald Freyberger ◽  
...  

Objective: There are presently no instruments available in German language to assess the therapeutic relationship in psychiatric care. This study validates the German version of the Scale to Assess the Therapeutic Relationship in Community Mental Health Care (D-STAR). Method: 460 persons with severe mental illness and 154 clinicians who had participated in a multicenter RCT testing a discharge planning intervention completed the D-STAR. Psychometric properties were established via item analysis, analyses of missing values, internal consistency, and confirmatory factor analysis. Furthermore, convergent validity was scrutinized via calculating correlations of the D-STAR scales with two measures of treatment satisfaction. Results: As in the original English version, fit indices of a 3-factor model of the therapeutic relationship were only moderate. However, the feasibility and internal consistency of the D-STAR was good, and correlations with other measures suggested reasonable convergent validity. Conclusions: The psychometric properties of the D-STAR are acceptable. Its use can be recommended in German-speaking countries to assess the therapeutic relationship in both routine care and research.


2005 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
pp. 615-627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larke Huang ◽  
Beth Stroul ◽  
Robert Friedman ◽  
Patricia Mrazek ◽  
Barbara Friesen ◽  
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