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Psychosocial Practice OT200 Exam Study
Guide.
Care - answer✔to see to an individuals needs
recovery - answer✔a process of change through which individuals improve their health and
wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential.
treatment - answer✔medical services or care given to a client for a disorder or injury
Rehabilitation - answer✔the action of restoring an individual to health or normal life through
therapy
Mental Health History: 1600s-1940s - answer✔The care model.
* Poor Houses, Alms Houses
*Provided basic care.
* No Institutions devoted to specifically to caring for or treating the mentally ill.
Mental Health History: 1950s-1970s - answer✔The Treatment Model
* Establishment of Mental Institutions
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Mental Health History: Rehabilitation 1980s-2000s - answer✔A change in focus to a more
community based approach to therapy.
Mental Health History: Mid-Late 1800's - answer✔State Established Hospitals
After Dorthea Dix exposed the inhumane conditions of county run almshouse and workhouses.
National Mental Health Act of 1946 - answer✔Established the National Institute of Mental
Health (NIMH)
Joint Commission on Mental Illness and Health published "Action For Mental Health" 1961 -
answer✔Proposed plan for community model of service
Recommended Deinstitutionalization
Westboro State Hospital in Mass. - answer✔One of the 1st OTA educational training programs
Lobotomy Procedure - answer✔cut nerves connecting the frontal lobes to the emotion-
controlling centers of the inner brain
Thorazine - answer✔Antipsychotic
Major Tranquilizer Drug
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