Promoting Activity and Participation in Individuals with Serious Mental Illness

Terry Krupa, PhD, is professor emerita, School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen’s University, Canada. Her research and practice have focused on promoting the community participation of people living with serious mental illness. Megan Edgelow, EdD, is assistant professor, School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen’s University, Canada. She has clinical, teaching, and research experience in mental health and activity participation. Shu-Ping Chen, PhD, is associate professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Alberta, Canada. Dr. Chen's teaching and research focuses on empowerment, recovery, and social inclusion for people with mental health issues. Carol Mieras, MScOT, is adjunct academic staff and co-manager of the MasterCard Scholars Program, Queen’s University, Canada. Her research and practice focus on inclusion and disability, particularly related to mental health.

Introduction; 1. Preparing to use this workbook; 2. Understanding personal activity and participation patterns; 3. A first step: Making rapid changes in activity and participation; 4. Providing education about activity and participation, mental illness and recovery; 5. Making longer-term changes; 6. Supporting sustained changes in activity and participation patterns; 7. Raising the profile of activity and participation in mental health service delivery; 8. Evaluation of activity and participation to inform service development; References; Appendices.