Focus On... Mental Health This publication is copyrighted by the American Occupational Therapy Association and is intended for personal use. None of the information can be copied or shared in any format without permission from AOTA. Contact
[email protected] to request additional use. Focus On... Mental Health ccupational therapy can play pivotal role in serving the mental health needs of people of all ages and conditions and within all settings—in the home, at school and nursing facilities, and throughout the community. This edition of AOTA’s “Focus On” series, on mental health, includes profiles of successful programs and projects helping a range of populations; official documents outlining best Opractices; and overviews of the evidence supporting occupational therapy interventions for mental health. Children and Youth In the Community The Mental Health Needs of Questions and Answers: Individuals Living With Multi- Virginia Stoffel Hard-Wired for Groups: Practice Perks: Community ple Sclerosis: Implications for Andrew Waite Students and Clients in the Mental Health Centers: Occu- Occupational Therapy Practice OT Practice, January 23, 2012 Classroom and Clinic pational Therapy Within Service and Research Emily Raphael-Greenfield, Anna Teams Arcenio Mesa, Kathryn Hoehn Ander- Additional Evidence and Shteyler, Michael R. Silva, Pamela G. Lisa Mahaffey son, Sally Askey-Jones, Richard Gray, Research Caine, Stephanie Soo, Elisa C. Rotonda, OT Practice, November 28, 2011 and Eli Silber and Daiana O. Patrone Mental Health SIS Quarterly Mental Health SIS Quarterly Newslet- OTs Walk With NAMI: Promoting Official Documents Newsletter, June 2012 ter, September 2011 Community Health and Wellness and Resources by Building Alliance and Self-Determination and Mental Fact Sheets Creating Occupational Therapy Advocacy Illness • Occupational Therapy’s Role with Groups for Children and Youth Suzanne White, Amy Anderson, and Linda M.