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OCCTH 517

Mental Health and Psychosocial Foundations in Occupational Therapy

3 units

Fall 2014

Topics

  • Orientation to OCCTH 517 Introduction to psychiatry and OT in mental health. Theoretical perspectives
  • Introduction to psychiatry and neuro-psychiatry
  • Mental health in context: across the lifespan, cultures, diseases
  • Major psychiatric disorders (DSM-5)
  • Risk factors and influences on mental health
  • Psychiatric assessment-general mental health practitioner
  • Introduction to documentation in psychosocial and psychiatric practice
  • Mental health statutes and policies; local and national context for mental health practice
  • Differentiate diagnostic criteria associated with major psychiatric disorders
  • Demonstrate critical thinking and ethical problem solving skills
  • Use clinical reasoning skills to analyze, classify and document case phenomena according to DSM-5 and occupational performance models

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