Open AccessA case study applying a psychodynamic approach to occupational therapy
Author(s) -
Benetton M.J.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
occupational therapy international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1557-0703
pISSN - 0966-7903
DOI - 10.1002/oti.6150020307
Subject(s) - psychodynamics , occupational therapy , character (mathematics) , psychotherapist , constitution , paranoid schizophrenia , mental health , psychology , psychodynamic psychotherapy , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychiatry , psychosis , political science , geometry , mathematics , law
Abstract By means of a case study, the author presents the most important methodological and technical aspects used to treat patients with psychosis in occupational therapy based on a psychodynamic approach. This study results fundamentally from the connection of three stories each one with its main character. In the first story, the main character is a psychiatric patient (a 20‐year‐old young man having the diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia). In the second story, the main character is ‘occupational therapy in mental health’ (emphasis is put on the psychodynamic approach). In the third story, the main character is an occupational therapist who works in her private office. I hope this study illustrates the constitution of an occupational therapy technique in mental health.