By Edna Booker


This entail a science of enabling engagement in everyday living through enabling people with mental disorders to perform the occupations that foster health and their wellbeing and enabling a just and inclusive society so that a person participates to his or her daily occupation in life. We therefore see the need of occupational therapy in mental health that will help save your life.

Some people tend to think that therapy in mental health is only meant for adults, which is a wrong way of thinking basing on the fact that kids after all do not have any occupations in the society. But a Childs main job is playing and learning therefore a therapist can evaluate a kids skills in playing and school performance and then compare them with what is developmentally appropriate. This helps in diagnosis of any genial un-wellness waiting to occur in later stages of the Childs life.

Therapy begins by developing a plan to address the patients most important goals and priorities. This works systematically through a sequence of actions known as occupational therapy process. The process includes basic components such as putting the patients under evaluations, interviews. Thereafter, the outcomes are analyzed after which the therapist can be able to understand how to treat his or her patient.

In the following stage of therapy, patients are made to try out couple of activities but in manageable stages that are in a much different way. Afterwards, a recommendation is made to refer them to easier activity based on their performance level on their previous activities. Also, they are introduced to devices that enable them get through the activity in a much easier way.

Statistics show that a large population of people has these ailments. These illnesses are seen to have a negative impact on the affected population. The affected individuals are observed to have a low self-esteem have relationship problems and have problems in living a normal life. Therefore comes out the need to have occupational therapists in every medical institution worldwide. Through this, the affected individuals will have less trouble in getting medical help.

This form of treatment aims in identifying persons struggling with these conditions; those who face depression, learning disabilities and other disorders. The following enlisted genial unwellness is then managed with treatment such as therapy or medication to help improve the individuals wellness.

This endeavor has several goals; one of them is being able to make the affected person get involved in all day to day activities. The individuals have the power to choose the occupation that they want or which they are expected to. Through modification of the environment, it makes it easier for them to easily engage in their occupation.

Being mentally healthy is a guarantee to living a good long life with no medical problems. Poor mind health can make one lack all the good things that life has to offer while good intellectual capabilities enables one to live an enriching life. These problems have no boundaries in choosing who gets affected. It affects people of different ages, occupation and of different educational background.




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