title: Occupational therapy and psychiatry.
abstract: The origin of occupational therapy is deeply rooted in psychiatry, and in psychiatry occupational therapy often found the support and guidance necessary for its deveolpment and recognition. Today this close association no longer exists. Some factors leading to this professional distance have been outlined and changes conducive to a greater awareness of the role and function of occupational therapy in psychiatry have been suggested. An attempt has also been made to clarify the concept of occupational therapy and to discuss the contribution of the occupational therapist in certain specific areas of psychiatric treatment.
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D003158:Community Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D011570:Psychiatry; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012106:Research