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Participation in day centres for people with psychiatric disabilities: a focus on occupational engagement
- Authors:
- TJORNSTRAND Carina, BEJERHOLM Ulrika, EKLUND Mona
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 76(3), 2013, pp.144-150.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Background: Day centres are central for community participation among people with mental health problems. Understanding day centre attendees' occupational engagement is therefore important. Method: A total of 88 people from six day centres in four municipalities in southern Sweden completed a time-use diary, recording their occupational engagement during the most recent day at the day centre. The transcribed data were analysed using thematic content analysis. Findings: The main theme was being part of the spirit of togetherness and getting empowered, from which the participants' reflections could be understood. Conclusion: The day centres provided opportunities to be occupationally engaged and to create routines, and challenged the attendees to be more active in their daily life. Day centres have the potential to provide empowering occupations and rehabilitation for people with mental health problems and to help them towards a more participatory life. (Publisher abstract)
Does prescribing participation in arts help to promote recovery for mental health clients?
- Author:
- STICKLEY Theodore
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 11.5.10, 2010, pp.18-20.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
The experiences of six people with mental health problems on an arts on prescription programme are reported. The study used narrative inquiry and participants were interviewed three times over one year. Benefits were cited in terms of having a "safe place" to come to, making new friends and experiencing peer support. It also enabled some to access educational and voluntary work.
The effect of psychiatric rehabilitation on the activity and participation level of clients with long-term psychiatric disabilities
- Authors:
- VAN WEL Tom, FELLING Albert, PERSOON Jean
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 39(6), December 2003, pp.535-546.
- Publisher:
- Springer
During the last decades of the 20th century, many psychiatric hospitals changed the living environments of their clients with long-term psychiatric disabilities. Investigates the effect of this environmental psychiatric rehabilitation and normalization process on the activity and participation level of such clients residing in one Dutch psychiatric hospital. The seven years of panel research demonstrated that more normal living environments have a positive effect on clients' activity and participation level. This is controlled for the fact that younger clients, and clients with a relative high activity and participation level were selected for these normal living environments.
The leisure participation of clients with a dual diagnosis
- Authors:
- HODGSON Susan, LLOYD Chris, SCHMID Therese
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 64(10), October 2001, pp.487-492.
- Publisher:
- Sage
People with dual diagnosis experience disruption in carrying out their daily occupations. This article describes a study in which an occupational therapist explored the leisure participation of clients with dual diagnosis. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with four out patients from an alcohol and drug rehabilitation programme. Inductive analysis of the informants' interviews identified two main themes: leisure as part of the recovery process and the barriers to leisure participation. The study provides support for the need to understand the leisure occupations of the clients with whom occupational therapists work. Further research is required to examine the interventions that assist clients with a dual diagnosis to develop meaningful leisure activities.