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Clients' experience of partnership with occupational therapists in community mental health
- Author:
- BLANK Alison
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 67(3), March 2004, pp.118-124.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This qualitative study used in-depth semi-structured interviews with seven clients from three adult community mental health teams to explore the experiences of working in partnership with occupational therapists from the clients' perspective. The interviews were audio taped and transcribed verbatim by the researcher. The data were analysed by means of content analysis. This established four factors that contributed to partnership: the therapist's personality, the therapist's behaviour, client-centred skills and boundary issues. Five factors described as barriers to partnership were: the lack of an individual approach, the lack of communication and knowledge, the lack of confidentiality, the directive therapist and inequality. The personality and behaviour of the therapist emerged as important, with the participants valuing those occupational therapists whom they perceived as warm, caring, committed and hard working and who appeared to value them as individuals. It was also found that the participants used the language of original writing on client-centred practice to describe their relationships with their therapists: warmth, empathy, trust and acceptance. Concludes that clients wish to be valued as individuals by occupational therapists who are committed to working in partnership with them.
Patient violence in community mental health: a review of the literature
- Author:
- BLANK Alison
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 64(12), December 2001, pp.584-589.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The past decade has seen an increasing focus in the community. During this period, the media has given a high profile to a number of incidents where members of the public and health service staff have been assaulted by patients of mental health services. Presents a systematic review of 10 studies, two conducted in the United Kingdom and eight in the United States of America. It is suggested that the occupational therapy profession urgently needs to address this gap in its literature and consider what can be learned from other professions.