Occupational Therapy in Mental Health: Participation and Meaning in Daily Life
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Behavioral and Mental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 5080
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mental health; occupational therapy; participation; meaning; daily life; community; qualitative research
Interests: occupational therapy; rehabilitation; physical medicine; physiotherapy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The latest mental health report from the World Health Organization, “World mental health report: Transforming mental health for all” (2022), indicates that more than one billion people have a mental disorder. This figure has worsened in recent years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the increase in depression and anxiety in the general population being especially important. However, in the same way that health is not defined solely in terms of the absence of disease, mental health should not be viewed from a reductionist perspective, cataloging it only as the absence of a mental disorder, but as “a state of well-being in which an individual can realize his or her own potential, cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively and make a contribution to the community” (World Health Organization, 2001). Occupational therapy, as a health and social discipline, helps people to build a meaningful life by promoting personal autonomy in their occupations and daily routines, in line with participation within their social and community context. However, the experience of occupational therapists must be translated into research that provides evidence for their interventions aimed at promoting and improving the mental health of people and communities. Consequently, papers with qualitative, quantitative and mixed studies that address these topics are invited for this Special Issue.
Dr. Jorge Pérez-Corrales
Dr. Elisabet Huertas-Hoyas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mental health
- occupational therapy
- participation
- meaning
- daily life
- community
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