The Effects of Employment and Mental Health Status on the Balance of Work, Play/Leisure, Self-Care, and Rest
| Autor: | Otr Patricia S. Coffin Mot, Faota L, Christine G. Davis Otr, Otr Patricia H. Crist PhD |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
| Předmět: |
Occupational therapy
medicine.medical_specialty Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Environmental support Mental health Developmental psychology Psychiatry and Mental health Chronic mental illness Self care medicine Time management Gainful employment Psychology Competence (human resources) Applied Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Occupational Therapy in Mental Health. 15:27-42 |
| ISSN: | 1541-3101 0164-212X |
| DOI: | 10.1300/j004v15n01_02 |
| Popis: | In occupational therapy, a fundamental belief is that a healthy lifestyle reflects the adapted balance between work, play/leisure, self-care and rest activities, which promotes occupational function. Adolph Meyer (1922) stated that our existence is structured through occupation. The occupational balance may be disrupted when an individual experiences a mental health problem. Mental health problems vary in terms of diagnosis, but more importantly, they vary in the amount of occupational dysfunction. In this study, the type of environmental support needed to function with a mental health problem is an indicator of differences in abilities to perform daily activity patterns. This study describes this balance of occupations as the temporal adaptation between two comparison groups. The effects of gainful employment and mental health status on the activity patterns for work, play/leisure, self-care and rest are discussed in terms of hours utilized, and the perceived competence, importance and enjoyment... |
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