Living on the Edge: enabling older owner occupiers with moderate learning disabilities to live independently

  Living on the Edge: enabling older owner occupiers with moderate learning disabilities to live independently, Care and Repair, 15th April 2008
Abstract:
National housing charity, Care & Repair England, is calling for a radical change in the way that older people are dealt with if their homes degenerate into chaos.
 In a hard hitting report, ‘Living [...]

Occupational Therapy - The Care Home Activity Project: Does introducing an occupational therapy programme reduce depression in care homes?

  The Care Home Activity Project: Does introducing an occupational therapy programme reduce depression in care homes? Aging & Mental Health, Volume 11 Issue 1 January 2007 , pages 99 - 107
Abstract:
The primary aim of the study was to test the hypothesis that depression severity in care homes for older people would be [...]

Occupational Therapy & Community Mental Health Rehabilitation

  A review of the selection for occupational therapy outcome measures in a community mental health rehabilitation setting, Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, Volume 54, Issue 3, Page 221-224, Sep 2007
Abstract: The aim of this article is to describe a process of review undertaken by a team of occupational therapists working in a community mental health [...]

Occupational Therapy & the Association Between Leisure Motivation & Recovery

   The association between leisure motivation and recovery: A pilot study, Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, Volume 54, Issue 1, Page 33-41, Mar 2007
Abstract:

Background and aims: Recovery from mental illness may be facilitated by participation in activities that provide meaning and purpose in the lives of consumers. Leisure participation can be a major source of enjoyment as [...]

Occupational Therapy - Measuring the Outcomes of Occupational Therapy

  Measuring the outcome of occupational therapy: Tools and resources,  Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, Volume 47, Issue 4, Page 147-158, Dec 2000
Abstract:
Current pressures to document outcomes and demonstrate the efficacy of occupational therapy intervention arise from fiscal restraints as much as from the humanitarian desire to provide the best quality health care to consumers. However, [...]

Occupational Therapy - Strategies for Evidence-Based Practice

Strategies for introducing evidence-based practice and changing clinician behaviour: A manager’s toolbox, Australian Occupational Therapy Journal (2002) 49 (2) , 63–70
Abstract: Significant behaviour change is required if occupational therapy practice in Australia is to become more evidence-based. Occupational therapy managers, both clinical and academic, are well positioned to be key players in this process. Indeed, [...]

Occupational Therapy - Evidence-based practice in everyday clinical practice

  Evidence-based practice in everyday clinical practice: Strategies for change in a tertiary occupational therapy department, Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 2008
Abstract: Evidence-based practice is an approach that has gained recognition for facilitating the transfer of evidence into quality clinical practice. While occupational therapy clinicians have a professional responsibility to ensure that their practice is effective, [...]

Dementia - Top 10 Most Read Articles from - Dementia

   The Top 10 most read articles from the journal - Dementia
Some links below will take you straight through to full-text, for all others contact myself at the email address below.
How can occupational therapy improve the daily performance and communication of an older patient with dementia and his primary caregiver?: A case study, Dementia, 2006; [...]

Hawton - Psychosocial assessment following self-harm: Results from the Multi-Centre Monitoring of Self-Harm Project

Psychosocial assessment following self-harm: Results from the Multi-Centre Monitoring of Self-Harm Project, Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 106, Issue 3, March 2008, Pages 285-293
Navneet Kapura, , , Elizabeth Murphya, Jayne Coopera, Helen Bergenb, Keith Hawtonb, Sue Simkinb, Deborah Caseyb, Judith Horrocksc, Rachael Lilleyc, Rachael Noblec and David Owensc
aCentre for Suicide Prevention, Williamson Building, University of [...]

Occupational Therapists take the Initiative with CRHT in Manchester

  Psychosocial interventions during crisis resolution, Lindsay Rigby, Richard Pattison, Carmel Pilkington, Fiona Winstanley. Mental Health Today, Mar 2008. pg. 29, 3 pgs
Abstract

The literature also highlights the problem of ‘ring fencing’ time for psychological interventions: all too often, professionals with this expertise are drawn into dealing with the crises and emergencies that so often occur [...]

February 2008 - Special Section on Suicide and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury

   Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 2008 Feb Vol 76(1)
Introduction to the special section on suicide and nonsuicidal self-injury: A review of unique challenges and important directions for self-injury science.
By Prinstein, Mitchell J.
 
A comparison of linear versus non-linear models of aversive self-awareness, dissociation, and non-suicidal self-injury among young adults.
By Armey, Michael F.; Crowther, [...]

OT & Occupation - Experiences of People with Alzheimer’s Disease

   Awareness through interaction in everyday occupations: Experiences of people with Alzheimer’s disease, Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, Volume 15, Issue  2008 , pages 43 - 51
Abstract: The aim of this study was to explore and describe the characteristics of awareness of the consequences of having Alzheimer’s disease on everyday life occupations. Six community-dwelling participants [...]

OT - Creative Activity for Elderly People and Occupational Therapists

   Creating connections to life during life-threatening illness: Creative activity experienced by elderly people and occupational therapists,  Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, Volume 12, Issue 3 September 2005 , pages 98 - 109
Abstract:
Objective. The aim of this study was to discover and characterize components of engagement in creative activity as occupational therapy for elderly people [...]

Art Therapy - Examination of the changes that take place during an art therapy intervention

  Examination of the changes that take place during an art therapy intervention, Inscape, 2006, Vol.11(2) 79 -101
Abstract:  Three Cambridge based art therapists, in collaboration with a clinical psychologist, designed this research to examine if change can be measured in art therapy with adults with moderate/severe learning disabilities. The aim was to gather objective information [...]

Art Therapy - An evaluation study of art therapy provision in a residential Addiction Treatment Programme (ATP)

   An evaluation study of art therapy provision in a residential Addiction Treatment Programme (ATP) ,  Inscape, 2007, Vol.12 (1) 17 - 27
Abstract: This evaluation study explores art therapy provision in a residential addiction treatment programme. The study comprises a literature review followed by an empirical study. The literature review outlines the main theoretical writing [...]

Art Therapy - An enquiry into an integration of cognitive analytic therapy with art therapy

   An enquiry into an integration of cognitive analytic therapy with art therapy,  Inscape, 2007, Vol.12 (1) 28 - 38

Abstract:
This paper discusses the possibilities of integrating art therapy and cognitive analytical therapy. It sets out to describe tools and theoretical elements of each model and looks at how these interplay in treatment, illustrated by [...]

Art Therapy - The image, mentalisation and group art psychotherapy

   The image, mentalisation and group art psychotherapy,  Inscape, 2007, Vol.12 (1) 28 - 38
Abstract: This article presents a pilot project of a combined treatment programme to treat clients with personality disorder. It consisted of an art psychotherapy group alongside individual verbal psychotherapy sessions. A description of the first two art therapy group sessions is provided. [...]

OT - Activity Engagement for the Elderly

  Development of the Activity Card Sort — Australia,  2007, (Online Early Article) Australian Journal of Occupational Therapy,
Despite the growing interest in measuring activity engagement and evidence that engagement is beneficial, there are few tools available to measure or monitor engagement of older adults.
Abstract:
Aims: To develop the Activity Card Sort (ACS) — Australia as [...]

OT - Vocational Rehabilitation in Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders: A Literature Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

    Vocational Rehabilitation in Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders: A Literature Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials, Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease. 191(8):515-523, August 2003.
The greatest analgesic, soporific, stimulant, tranquilizer, narcotic, and to some extent even antibiotic—in short, the closest thing to a genuine panacea—known to medical science is work. —Thomas Szasz, 1973
Abstract: [...]

OT - Vocational rehabilitation for people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia: What evidence should be considered by occupational therapists?

   Vocational rehabilitation for people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia: What evidence should be considered by occupational therapists? Mental Health Occupational Therapy, 2006, 11, (1) Evans, H
Abstract: Schizophrenia is one of the most common psychotic disorders, with approximately one person in 100 in Britain experiencing the illness. Employment is seen as a priority for people [...]

OT - The Tree Theme Method in Psychosocial Occupational Therapy: A Case Study

   The Tree Theme Method in Psychosocial Occupational Therapy: A Case Study , Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, Volume 13, Number 4, December 2006 , pp. 229-240
Abstract: This study aimed to describe the Tree Theme Method (TTM) as a method for intervention in psychosocial occupational therapy. The TTM is based on theories concerning creative activities and [...]

Information for Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist, Speech & Language Therapist, Nurses, GP’s - The professional’s guide to Parkinson’s Disease

   The professional’s guide to Parkinson’s Disease
The guide is written by experts from different professionals groups and is divided into eight sections, each tailored to the relevant discipline:
 dietician
 GP
 nurse
 occupational therapist
 pharmacist
 physiotherapist
 social worker
 speech and language therapist

Improving Access to Psychological Therapies implementation plan: National guidelines for regional delivery

  Improving Access to Psychological Therapies implementation plan: National guidelines for regional delivery, 26th February 2008, Department of Health
This document provides SHAs, PCTs, training providers and service providers with an overview of what is needed to deliver the implementation of IAPT. The additional funding from the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 will pay for the major [...]

Calderstones, Lancashire - Self Injury the Views of Staff and Clients in a Medium Secure Unit

   Why couldn’t I stop her? Self injury: the views of staff and clients in a medium secure unit,    British Journal of Learning Disabilities  Vol. 36 Issue 1 Page 59 March 2008
Helen Duperouzel and Rebecca Fish, Calderstones NHS Trust, Mitton Road, Whalley, Lancashire BB7 9PE, UK  (E-mail: Helen.Duperouzel@calderstones.nhs.uk)
Abstract:  Clients and staff at a service [...]

BMJ - Occupational Therapy in the Community for Older Patients with Dementia - A Study

   Community occupational therapy for older patients with dementia and their care givers: cost effectiveness study, BMJ, January 19, 2008; 336(7636): 134 - 138.
Abstract: Occupational therapy can improve daily functioning, social participation, and wellbeing in people with dementia living in the community and improve the sense of competence and wellbeing of their primary care givers. It might [...]

Occupational Therapy & Dementia Improves Daily Performance

   How can occupational therapy improve the daily performance and communication of an older patient with dementia and his primary caregiver?: A case study, Maud J.L. Graff, Myrra J.M. Vernooij-Dassen, Jana Zajec, Marcel G.M. Olde-Rikkert, Willibrord H.L. Hoefnagels, and Joost Dekker Dementia, Nov 2006; vol. 5: pp. 503 - 532.
Abstract: This case study provides information [...]

Dementia - Getting on with Living

    Getting on with Living, 2007, Mental Health Foundation
Abstract:The focus of this report is on the provision of information, social and emotional support, post-diagnosis, for people with dementia and their immediate supporters. This guide is intended primarily for managers and senior practitioners in health and social care who are concerned with setting up, operation and [...]

Arts Therapies for People with Schizophrenia: An Emerging Evidence Base

    Arts Therapies for People with Schizophrenia: An Emerging Evidence Base, Evidence-Based Mental Health 2007;10:69-70
Abstract: Throughout history there has been considerable speculation about the possibility of a link between creative expression and mental distress. Plato described artistic talent as “madness that comes from God”, and Aristotle claimed that “all men who are outstanding in … [...]

Randomised Controlled Trial - Music Therapy Improves Symptoms in Adults Hospitalised with Schizophrenia

    Music Therapy Improves Symptoms in Adults Hospitalised with Schizophrenia, Evidence Based Mental Health 2007;10;77-
Abstract: The present study compares standard care plus music therapy (up to 12 individual sessions) to standard care alone. Results suggest that music therapy helps to improve symptom level (but not global functioning and satisfaction). This study confirms the validity of [...]

OT - The meanings of craft to an Occuapational Therapist

   The meanings of craft to an occupational therapist , Emma Harris,  Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, Volume 54, Issue 2, Page 165-166, Jun 2007
Abstract:
Aim:  Craft was the first therapeutic occupation of occupational therapy. Since the early days of the profession, the value of craft in practice is a topic that has been discussed with fluctuating interest. [...]