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Prison Based Occupational Therapy
Author(s) -
FARNWORTH LOUISE,
MORGAN SUE,
FERNANDO BERNADETTE
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
australian occupational therapy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1440-1630
pISSN - 0045-0766
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1630.1987.tb01567.x
Subject(s) - prison , occupational therapy , mythology , intervention (counseling) , psychology , field (mathematics) , nursing , psychotherapist , psychiatry , medicine , criminology , history , mathematics , pure mathematics , classics
Occupational therapy within a prison environment is a comparatively new area of practice. This paper draws on the experience of occupational therapists who have worked in “G” Division, Pentridge Prison, the only psychiatric facility of the Victorian penal system. It outlines the philosophical model used for their intervention and gives an example of its practical application. The authors hope that, through this paper, they will demystify some of the myths related to working in prisons, so as to encourage further participation of occupational therapists in this specialist field.