What have we been ‘doing’? A historical review of occupational therapy.

McKay, Elizabeth Anne

Abstract

This chapter will consider the growth of occupational therapy and its unique relationship with the early development of psychiatry. It will briefly examine the parallel historical development of psychiatry and occupational therapy. It will also demonstrate that occupational therapy’s development in the UK was, and still is, significantly influenced by American and Canadian perspectives on contemporary occupational therapy theory and research. The chapter will conclude with consideration of the influences impacting on mental health practice internationally.

• Acceptance Date: Mar 1, 2008
• Publication Date: Mar 26, 2008
• Deposit Date: Mar 16, 2018
• Pages: 3-16
• Book Title: Advancing Occupational Therapy in Mental Health Practice
• Chapter Number: 1
• ISBN: 978-1405158527
• Keywords: Occupational Therapy, Mental Health Practice,
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1127010