Crouch and Alers' Occupational Therapy in Psychiatry and Mental Health

Rosemary Crouch, PhD in Occupational Therapy, serves as an Adjunct Professor in the School of Therapeutic Sciences at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. With a career spanning senior lecturing and private psychiatric practice, Crouch holds the esteemed position of Editor on this, and all previous, editions of the book.

Tania Buys, PhD in Occupational Therapy, a lecturer at the University of Pretoria's Department of Occupational Therapy, specialises in vocational rehabilitation and played a key role in implementing the Postgraduate Diploma in Vocational Rehabilitation. Buys actively contributes to vocational rehabilitation and research publications and is a frequent presenter at workshops, with extensive clinical experience in private practice for individuals with physical and mental health challenges.

Enos Ramano, PhD in Occupational Therapy, is a clinician specialising in mental health treatment, group therapy, and vocational rehabilitation in private clinics in Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa. Previously worked as a senior lecturer in the Department of Occupational Therapy at the University of Pretoria. With a research focus on major depressive disorders and occupational therapy interventions, Ramano has numerous publications in scientific journals and regularly presents at national and international conferences.

Matty van Niekerk, MSc Med Bioethics and Health Law, heads the Department of Occupational Therapy at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Van Niekerk focuses on the regulation of professions, health ethics, and education and has extensive publications in accredited journals, frequently presenting on professionalism, ethics, and health education at national and international conferences.

Lisa Wegner, PhD in Occupational Therapy, a renowned researcher specialising in occupational therapy and mental health, particularly focused on vulnerable youth. Wegner, a former Chairperson of the Department of Occupational Therapy at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, is an award recipient and prolific publisher in scientific journals and books, regularly presenting at national and international conferences.

Contributors xvii

Foreword xxv

Preface xxvii

Section 1 Theoretical Concepts

1 Theoretical Perspectives for Mental Health Care Practice 3
Tania Rauch van der Merwe and Itumeleng Tsatsi-Mosala

2 Creative Ability: A Model for Individual and Group Occupational Therapy for Clients with Psychosocial Dysfunction 20
Patricia de Witt

3 The Relevance of Occupational Science to Occupational Therapy in the Field of Mental Health 47
Lana van Niekerk

4 Law, Human Rights and Ethics in Mental Health Care Practice 56
Matty van Niekerk

5 Enhancing Mental Health and Wellness: A Cultural Approach in the Provision of Occupational Therapy Services in Psychiatry and Mental Health 81
Rosemary Crouch and Annah Lesunyane

6 Clinical Reasoning in Psychiatric Occupational Therapy 88
Matty van Niekerk and Tania Rauch van der Merwe

Section 2 Specific Issues

7 Occupational Therapy Groups in Mental Health 105
Enos Morankoana Ramano and Marianne de Beer

8 Human Ecosystems and Other Disasters: The Impact on Health, Wellness and Human Occupation 123
Robin Joubert and Chantal Juanita Christopher

9 Occupational Therapy in Forensic Psychiatric Wards 135
Nicole Rautenbach and Matty van Niekerk

10 Occupational Therapy Assessments and Interventions: Priorities in Acute Mental Health 149
Annah Lesunyane, Lebogang Lefine, Rosemary Crouch and Catherine Shorten

11 Improving Health and Access to Health Services through Community-Based Rehabilitation 159
Stephanie Homer and Olindah Silaule

12 The Model of Occupational Self-Efficacy: A Contemporary Model to Return Individuals with Mild-to-Moderate Brain Injury to Work 179
Mogammad Shaheed Soeker

13 Work and Mental Health – Facilitating and Sustaining Work Engagement 193
Lyndsey Swart, Tania Buys and Carol-lynn Andreitchenko

14 Psychiatric Occupational Therapy in the Corporate, Insurance and Medicolegal Sectors 211
Lee Randall

15 Spirituality and Mental Health: An Occupational Therapy Perspective 223
Thuli Godfrey Mthembu and Louise Fouché

Section 3 Children, Adolescents and Adults

16 Early Intervention for Young Children at Risk for Developmental Mental Health Disorders 237
Kerry Wallace

17 Occupational Therapy with Children with Psycho-social Disorders and Autism 249
Marie Clare (Mush) Perrins Gendron

18 Occupational Therapy Intervention with Adolescents Experiencing Mental Health Distress 264
Lisa Wegner, Elvin Williams and Marlene van den Berg

19 Ayres Sensory Integration in Child Mental Health 283
Annamarie van Jaarsveld and Elize Janse van Rensburg

20 Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder Through a Person’s Life span: Occupational Therapy to Enhance Executive and Social Functioning 297
Ray Anne Cook and Gina Rencken

21 Trauma and Its Impact on Individuals and Collectives 316
Minkateko Wicht and Thuli Godfrey Mthembu

22 Occupational Therapy for Persons with Anxiety Disorders 338
Elvin Williams and Shanay Davidson

23 Occupational Therapy for Individuals with Depressive Disorders and Bipolar Disorders 353
Enos Morankoana Ramano and Mpho Sylvia Ramano

24 Maternal Mental Health Concerns as a Priority in Occupational Therapy 370
Gina Rencken, Pragashnie Govender and Stephanie Redinger

25 The Assessment and Treatment of Eating Disorders in Occupational Therapy 384
Karlien Terblanche

26 Working with People with a Diagnosis of ‘Personality Disorder’ 400
Keir Harding and Hollie Berrigan

27 The Occupational Therapy Approach to the Management of Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders 413
Kobela Veronica Ramodike, Iesrafeel Abbas and Rosemary Crouch 3

28 Substance Use Disorders and Occupational Therapy 424
Lisa Wegner, Zarina Syed and Rosemary Crouch

29 Gerontology, Psychiatry and Occupational Therapy 440
Susan Beukes, Rosemary Crouch, Zaakirah Haffejee and Matty van Niekerk

30 Care, Treatment and Rehabilitation Programmes for Large Numbers of Long-Term Mental Health Care Users 460
Daleen Casteleijn and Kobie Zietsman

Index 475