Occupational Science / Mental Health
A field that develops knowledge of human occupation and provides practitioners with support to justify occupational therapy.
What is occupational science?
The science that is applied to the legal system or when criminal elements collide with healthcare.
What is forensics?
This injury is commonly underlooked or not reported in emergency departments, primary care, and behavioral health offices after abuse.
What is TBI?
The interview that determines a client's functioning and insight into the nature of their offence
What is the Central Component of evaluation in the forensic psychiatry setting?
Physical evidence that comes from human origin.
What is biological evidence?
Anthropology, sociology, psychology, neuroscience, and preventative medicine.
What are some professions linked to occupational science?
The application of different medical specialties to legal issues.
What is forensic medicine?
These offenders are found to have 53% higher prevalence of TBI than general populations.
Who are perpetrators?
IADLs/ADLs, vocational skills, & leisure activities are examples of this.
What are some areas of occupation that OTs can intervene and impact within the abused population setting?
Evidence that is created when an object comes in contact with a surface with enough force to leave a print.
What is impression evidence?
This theoretical model emphasizes a holistic treatment approach.
What is transactionalism?
The occupational therapy service that assesses and makes interventions to individuals with occupational problems in the criminal justice system.
Within groups of vulnerable victims of abuse, this treatment approach is less likely to be considered due to implications for providers historically focusing on traditional psychological distress treatment protocols.
What is neurorehabilitation?
Establishing life skills such as self-care, education opportunities, vocational training are additional examples of...
What are areas OTs intervene in planning for discharge?
Evidence that can be collected and touched.
What is physical evidence?
Survivors of IPV with disabilities may be subject to _?_ because abusive living environments prevent them from engaging in desired (and, in some cases, necessary) occupations.
What is occupational deprivation?
Private/public hospitals, forensic & juvenile justice centers, residential & day programs, community-based mental health centers, schools, employment programs, outpatient clinics.
What are places that OTs might serve individuals involved in criminal justice systems?
This is often chronic, resulting in cumulative effects of repeated TBIs, and is a major cause of psychiatric distress.
What is intimate partner violence (IPV)?
Balance problems/dizziness, light sensitivity, irritability, headaches, sleep problems are examples of this.
What are some symptoms that begin or worsen after an IP-related TBI?
Evidence that is in the form of verbal or written statements.
What is testimonial evidence?
Community-based settings, prisons, transition care, psychiatric facilities, vocational rehab, residential settings are examples of...
What are settings that forensic mental health OTs work?
Refers to the delivery of OT services in natural settings (i.e. schools, daycares, community centers/agencies, housing units, homeless shelters, places of worship, worksites, health care setting).
What is Community Practice Occupational Therapy?
Loss of or altered consciousness, post-traumatic amnesia, concussion, head injury are examples of this.
What symptoms can be associated with IPV-related head events?
First responders, ER nurses, and physicians need be better equipt with _?_ and the tools to refer victims to comprehensive treatments that target functional occupations.
What are brief neuropsychological assessments?
This type of documentation (location and movement of evidence) must be established whenever evidence is collected if it is to be presented in court.
What is chain of custody?