title: Doing daily life: how occupational therapy can inform psychiatric rehabilitation practice.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper provides an overview of occupational therapy in the context of psychiatric rehabilitation and mental health recovery.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The paper delineates practical aspects of occupational therapy's involvement in the mental health field with a discussion of occupation and the elements of conceptual models that guide the practice of occupational therapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  CINAHL, Psych Info, Medline.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Occupational therapy is a key discipline in the field of psychiatric rehabilitation and brings to the field a strong theoretical and knowledge base along with unique procedures and practices. It is important for the psychiatric rehabilitation field to learn from all disciplines, including occupational therapy.
authors.affiliation: School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. terry.krupa@queensu.ca
authors.forename: Terry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Krupa
authors.forename: Ellie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fossey
authors.forename: William A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Anthony
authors.forename: Catana
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Deborah B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Pitts
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome