Occupational therapy research in psychiatry: a perspective.
It is suggested that therapists at times may fail to distinguish between rehabilitation and therapy in psychiatric clinical practice. It is further suggested that differentiation should be made between habilitation and rehabilitation since different populations are involved and different outcomes may be expected. The fundamental role of etiological assumptions in therapy is stressed, while causative factors are said to be relatively unimportant in the practice of rehabilitation. The increasing emphasis on research in the various physiological etiologies of mental illness is discussed as indicating that therapists who wish to pursue treatment in clinical practice should prepare themselves to explain their treatment methods in physiological terms.
D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000639:trends; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000639:trends; D012106:Research; D014481:United States