Short-Term
Treatment in
The Occupational Therapy in Mental Health series:
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• Occupational Therapy with Borderline Patients, edited by Diane
Gibson
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Employ-ment, by Lynn Wechsler Kramer
• Short-Term Treatment in Occupational Therapy, edited by Diane
Gibson and Kathy Kaplan
Short-Term
Treatment in
Occupational Therapy
Edited by
Diane Gibson, MS, OTR
Kathy Kaplan, MS, OTR
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Short-Term Treatment in Occupational Therapy has also been published as Occupational Therapy in Mental Health. Volume 4. Number 3. Fall 1984.
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Short-Term Treatment
in Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy in Mental Health
Volume 4, Number 3
CONTENTS
EDITORIAL
Diane Gibson, MS, OTR
Introduction
Kathy Kaplan, MS, OTR
Short-Term Psychiatric Treatment: How Will
1
5
Occupational Therapy Adapt?
11
Gary A. Jackson, MS, OTR
Changing Role Expectations of Psychiatric Occupational
Therapists
19
Janet
E.
Short, MA, OTR
Introduction
19
Role
20
Changed Expectations
21
Summary
26
Short-Term Assessment:
The Need and a Response
29
Kathy Kaplan, MS, OTR
Problem and Purpose
31
Occupational Therapy Instruments
32
The Occupational Case Analysis Interview and Rating
Scale
36
Case Example
40
Discussion
42
The Use of Groups in Short-Term Psychiatric Settings
47
Loring Bradlee, MS, OTR
Flexibility
52
Realistic Expectations
53
Understanding of Group Dynamics as Reflection of
Ward Dynamics
54
Need for a System Perspective
54
Need for Education and Collaboration
55
Occupational Therapy for Chronic Pain: A Clinical
Application of the Model of Human Occupation
59
Rebecca Liggan Gusich, MS, OTR
Occupational Behavior View of Pain
60
Interventions for Chronic Pain
62
The In-Patient Pain Treatment Program
64
Occupational Therapy Program: Assessment
and Intervention
64
Summary and Implications for Further Study
71
Short-Term Hospital Treatment of the Acute
Schizophrenic
Episode
75
Boaz Harris, MD
Developing a Multidisciplinary Treatment Plan
77
Working with the Family
77
Establishing Trust
78
Introducing the Patient into the Milieu
79
A Need for Space and Distance
80
The Therapeutic Community
80
Seclusion
81
Patient Government
82
Group Therapy
84
Electroshock Therapy
84
Activities Therapies
85
Partial Hospitalization/Outpatient
Care
87
Conclusion
87
Theoretical Issues in Short-Term Treatment
89
Alan I. Levenson, MD
Crisis Theory in Short-Term Treatment
91
The Value of Early Intervention
92
Milieu Therapy
93
A Special Role
96
Conclusion
98
A Psychiatrist's Experience with Occupational Therapy
in a Short-Term General Hospital Unit
101
Marc Hertzman, MD
Towards Closer Working Relationships
102
Carrying Out Therapy
104
Supporting Staff
106
EDITOR
DIANE GIBSON, MS, OTR, Director, Activity Therapy Department, The Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, Towson, MD
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
GARY KIELHOFNER, Dr PH, OTR, Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy Department, Medical Col/ege of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
BOOK REVIEW EDITOR
DELLVINA GROSS, PhD, Chairperson, Occupational Therapy Department, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
EDITORIAL BOARD
MARY K. BAILEY, OTR, Chief, Occupational Therapy, The Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, Towson, MD
ROANN BARRIS, EdD, OTR, Occupational Therapy Department, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
MARIE LOUISE BLOUNT, AM, OTR, Chairperson-Occupational Therapy Department, Towson State University, Towson, MD
KAREN DIASIO, MA, OTR, Assistant Professor, San Jose University, San Jose, CA PAUL ELLSWORTH, MPH, OTR, Brooke Anny Medical Center, Ft. Sam Houston, TX ALICE FEINBERG, MS, OTR, Senior Occupational Therapist, Department of
Occupational Therapy, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY GAIL FIDLER, OTR, FAOTA, Rehabilitation Consultant, Div. of Mental Health
& Hospitals, Office of Institutions & Hospitals, Trenton, NJ
SUSAN B. FINE, MA, OTR, FAOTA, Director, Therapeutic Activities, Payne Whitney Clinic, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY YVONNE FLOWERS, MA, OTR, Assistant Professor, York College, City University
of New York, New York, NY
LYN HILL, MS, OTR, FAOTA, Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy, Utica College of Syracuse University, Utica, NY
MARGOT HOWE, EdD, OTR, FAOTA, Associate Professor, Tufts University, Boston School of Occupational Therapy, Medford, MA
CYNTHIA HUGHES, MEd, OTR, Director, Section of Occupational Therapy, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Lukes Medical Center, Chicago, IL
EVELYN JAFFE, MPH, OTR, FAOTA, Consultant, Tiburon, CA
LORNA JEAN KING, OTR, FAOTA, President, Center for Neurodevelopment Studies, Inc., Phoenix, AZ
LINDA LEVY, MA, OTR, Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
RONALD MARKS, PhD, Associate Professor, J. Hillis Miller Health Center, Department of Statistics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
GLADYS MASAGATANI, MEd, OTR, FAOTA, Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY DEANE McGRAITH, MS, OTR, Newton Center, MA
BETH MOYER, MS, OTR, FAOTA, Occupational Therapy Consultant, Florida State Hospital, Chattahoochee, FL
SUSAN CLEARY SCHWARTZ, OTR, Program Coordinator, Inpatient Psychiatry, Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
DIANE SHAPIRO, MA, OTR, Division of Therapeutic Activities, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. Westchester Division, White Plains. NY JANE SLAYMAKER, MA, OTR, FAOTA, Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy
Department. University of Florida. Gainesville. FL
FRANKLIN STEIN, PhD, OTR, Director. Occupational Therapy Program. University of Wisconsin. Milwaukee. WI
MARY SAVAGE STOWELL, MS, OTR, Consultant. Bainbridge /s., WA JOYCE WARD, MS, OTR. Chair. Department of Occupational Therapy. San Jose
State University. San Jose. CA
GERALD WHITMARSH. PhD. Director of Research. The Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital. Towson. MD