Occupational Therapy and Arts Therapies
Recent Submissions
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Who cares about Mr Mubanga? [Blog Post]
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The ‘Zambia Therapeutic Art’ Course: An innovative approach to increase the psychological skills of Zambian mental health professionals
(ZNPHI, 2018-03-03)There is currently a skills gap in psychological approaches for mental health care in Zambia. An NGO, ‘Zambia Therapeutic Art’ (ZTA) provides an opportunity to begin to address this through its Therapeutic Art training ... -
Enhancing mental health care through ‘therapeutic art' in Zambia
(African Journals Online, 2020-03-25)Background: Mental health care needs a range of inputs to maximise opportunities for effective outcomes. In Zambia, like many developing countries, mental health care is largely limited to pharmacological approaches. In ... -
Neurodevelopmental disorders and neurodiversity: Definition of terms from Scotland's National Autism Implementation Team [Editorial]
(2022-03-28)Adults with neurodevelopmental disorders frequently present to, but fit uneasily into, adult mental health services. We offer definitions of important terms related to neurodevelopmental disorders through unifying research ... -
“Making change by shared doing”: An examination of occupation in processes of social transformation in five case studies
(Taylor & Francis, 2022-03-09)Background: As social and health inequalities deepen around the world, scholarship in occupational therapy and occupational science has increasingly emphasised the role of occupation as a powerful tool in transformative ...