Occupational Therapy for Mental Health: A Vision for Participation -- Catana Bro

<b>Person-centered, recovery-oriented, occupation-based</b> <br> Here's practical information on the theories, evidence, assessments, and interventions that are crucial to effective occupational therapy mental health practice. Students will gain an understanding of the lived experience and an evidence-based, recovery-oriented perspective with guidance on how to be a psychosocial practitioner in any setting. They'll understand the recovery process for all areas of an individual's life--physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental--and know how to manage co-occurring conditions. <br> <ul><li><b>New!</b> Focus on the continuum of psychosocial care for all clients across all practice settings progresses from healthy functioning to mental illness to recovery and flourishing. </li><li><b>New!</b> Guidance on how to be a psychosocial OT practitioner in any setting with all clients </li><li><b>New!</b> Eight chapters discuss: the mental health continuum, trauma-informed practice, chronic conditions, social determinants, natural environments, virtual environments, suicide prevention, and connectedness and belonging. </li><li><b>New!</b> "Being a Psychosocial Practitioner Profile" presents examples of the clinical reasoning practitioners have used to support the psychosocial health of clients in various practice settings. </li><li><b>New! </b>"Practitioner Profile" vignettes provide a window into a typical day of an OT in specific settings. </li><li><b>New!</b> "Mental Illness in Cultur