The role of occupational therapists in mental health care.

"The role of occupational therapists in mental health care" One of the main reasons why it has become necessary to look in more detail at the role of occupational therapists in mental health care is the changing role of health care professionals in general which has taken place in the past decades and which has led to a re-structuring of the health care industry as a whole. As Thorner (1991) and Lloyd et al (1998) have pointed …

…decreasing in importance, or of it being taken over by other health care professionals as part of their professional brief. References Greaves, A. et al (Aug 2002) The Competence of Mental Health Occupational Therapists. British Journal of Occupational Therapy: 65 Lloyd C, Kanowski H, Samra P (1998) Developing occupational therapy services within an integrated mental health service. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 61, 214-18. Thorner S (1991) The essential skills of an occupational therapist. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 54, 222-23.