Table of Contents

Theoretical assumptions; introduction to the holistic approach in psychosocial practice; a short history of the treatment of individuals with mental illness and the emergence of occupational therapy; the community care model and role of the occupational therapist; the review of theory and psychosocial frames of references underlying the clinical practice of occupational therapy; the occupational therapy treatment process; evaluation and assessment of the individual with psychosocial dysfunction; medications; applying the group process; prevocational exploration and employment and psychiatric disabilities; stress management techniques; leisure-time occupations; self-care and social skills training; exercise and mental illness; creativity and the use of spontaneous art; nutritional aspects of holistic health; documentation, quality assurance and reimbursement; role delineation of the certified occupational therapy assistant in psychosocial practice; clinical research; community support and family advocacy groups.