Aim: The purpose of this study is to describe the intervention process at a psychiatric clinic in Vietnam, from evaluation to goal setting, and how the staff choose occupation-based intervention for their patients. Method: This study is a qualitative study with inductive approach where the data collection is based on a semi-structured interview with the health care staff at a psychiatric clinic in Vietnam. The respondents consisted of a total of ten participants and were required by a purposive sample. Content analysis according to Kristensson (2014) was used to examine the data. Result: The findings from the result revealed that the clinic work without a standard procedure where the staff evaluates and assess their patient from their own experience. They also interview and observe the patients without an aim. The result also showed that the clinic offers different occupation-based interventions where the doctor decides occupation-training but not in consultation with the patient. It was revealed that the purpose of the occupation is to make the patients independent. The last finding was that the staff has a lack of individual goal setting and the general goal is for patients to get healthy. To see if the patients achieve improvement, observations are made without aim. Conclusion: The study concludes that the health care staff at the clinic has found their strategies using their own experience, for evaluating and assessing their patients.

Depression och ångestsyndrom hör till de vanligaste psykiska sjukdomarna och medför stora aktivitetsbegränsningar inom arbete, fritid och personlig vård. Trots det finns det få litteraturstudier om arbetsterapeutiska interventioner för denna målgrupp. Syftet var att beskriva arbetsterapeutiska interventioner för vuxna personer med depression eller ångestsyndrom. En systematisk litteraturstudie genomfördes i Pubmed, PsycInfo, Scopus och Cinahl. Arton artiklar inkluderades. Artiklarna analyserades med stöd av Friberg (2012). Tre huvudteman identifierades: 1) Att hjälpa klienterna få ökad insikt om sin livssituation, 2) Att lära klienten hantera och förebygga symtom och 3) Aktivitet som medel i interventionen. Resultatet har betydelse för hur arbetsterapeuter kan välja, kommunicera och genomföra interventioner samt för framtida forskning. Betydelsen av val av behandlingsstrategier i interventionerna diskuterades också. / Depression and anxiety disorders are among the most common mental disorders and lead to serious activity limitations in work, leisure and self-care.  In spite of this, there are few systematic reviews on occupational therapy interventions for this client group. The study aim was to describe occupational therapy interventions for adults with depression or anxiety disorders. A systematic review was conducted in Pubmed, PsycInfo, Scopus and Cinahl. Eighteen articles were included. The articles were analyzed in accordance with Friberg (2012). Three main themes were identified: 1) To help clients gain insight into their life situation, 2) To teach clients how to manage and prevent symptoms, and 3) Occupation as means in the intervention. The findings have implications for how therapists can choose, communicate and carry out interventions as well as for future research. The importance of therapeutic strategies in the interventions was also discussed.