Mental health conditions pose a significant risk to an individual’s ability to effectively participate in daily occupations such as sleep, caregiving, self-care, leisure, exercise, productivity, socialization, and play. This doctoral project used a retrospective study to demonstrate an effective intervention based on a Cognitive Behavioral of Reference (CB-FoR) to improve performance and satisfaction in meaningful occupations in patients living with a mental health condition in the outpatient occupational therapy clinic setting. Forty-eight medical records of patients aged eight to 78 years old presenting with mental illnesses affecting daily functioning were included in the study. The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) was utilized at initial evaluation and reevaluation to measure clinically significant change over time. Treatment data presented in this paper strongly suggests that integrating a cognitive behavioral-based intervention in the outpatient occupational therapy clinic setting leads to positive and clinically significant outcomes, regardless of age, socioeconomic status, or gender.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/49161 |
| Date | 23 August 2024 |
| Creators | Jones, Monica J. |
| Contributors | Hutchinson, Dori S. |
| Source Sets | Boston University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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