Fig. 8.1 Different ways of collecting data using assessment instruments Reporting Results of Assessments Results of an assessment are determined in terms of the following: Raw scores, which seldom give…
Category Subcategories Needs due to limitations in activity performance caused by pain intensity Interrupted occupational performance Given up occupational performance Performs occupations with more effort Increased pain in occupational performance…
Fig. 3.1 Basic categories of the Occupational Therapy Intervention Framework (OTIF). The occupational therapists’ (OTs) roles are as follows: to manage internal, temporal, occupational, and environmental adaptations that affect clients’…
1 Allen C (1985) Occupational therapy for psychiatric diseases: measurement and management of cognitive disabilities. Little, Brown, Boston 2 Christiansen C (1994) Ways of living: self-care strategies for special needs….
Africa Country Inhabitants Education to OT available Chapter in IHOTI, 2nd edition Cape Verde 491,875 Algeria 38,700,000 Angola 20,609,294 Benin 10,323,000 Burkina Faso 17,322,796 Burundi 10,163,000 Cameroon 20,386,799 Central African…
Fig. 5.1 Integrative clinical reasoning (CR) process framework. (From the Australian Occupational Therapy Journal; Carrier et al. 2012) Table 5.1 External and internal factors influencing the evolving clinical reasoning process….
Pregnancy and Elevated Mood Caring for an elevated mood patient who wishes to become pregnant or becomes pregnant requires skill, tact, and an ability to work cooperatively with the woman…
Elevated Mood and Substance Abuse The frequent comorbidity of substance abuse with bipolar disorder has long been known (1,2,3). Data from the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol-Related Conditions (NESARC) show…
Medical Conditions and Elevated Mood Diagnosable medical conditions have at least two interfaces with elevated mood. The first is when the medical condition is causative for the onset of elevated…
Sleep and Hypomania—The ABCs of Getting your ZZZs The prevalence and consequences of insomnia and poor quality sleep are well known. Worldwide, >60 million adults are affected by sleep disorders…
