Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA.
OTJR (Thorofare N J). 2021 Jul;41(3):143-152. doi: 10.1177/15394492211005459. Epub 2021 Apr 2.
Although occupational therapists were once integrally involved in mental health practice, the percentage of therapists presently working in this clinical area is low. In 2017, the American Occupational Therapy Foundation convened a planning grant collective (PGC) to generate research to support populations with serious mental health challenges. The PGC's primary mission was to identify key research areas in which occupational therapists and colleagues could work collaboratively to demonstrate evidence for occupational therapy services supporting mental health community participation. Participants included 21 members from six professions and three program officers from federal funding establishments. The PGC identified seven overarching research concepts, three broad areas of research inquiry, and eight possible studies addressing occupational therapy's contribution to research promoting community participation and health outcomes for people with mental illness. This article provides a summary of the PGC proceedings so that researchers can collaboratively implement identified research topics.
尽管职业治疗师曾经全面参与心理健康实践，但目前在这一临床领域工作的治疗师比例较低。2017 年，美国职业治疗基金会召集了一个规划资助集体（PGC），以开展研究工作，为有严重心理健康挑战的人群提供支持。PGC 的主要任务是确定职业治疗师和同事可以合作开展的关键研究领域，以证明职业治疗服务支持精神健康社区参与的证据。参与者包括来自六个专业的 21 名成员和来自联邦资助机构的三名项目官员。PGC 确定了七个总体研究概念、三个广泛的研究调查领域以及八项可能的研究，这些研究涉及职业治疗对促进精神疾病患者社区参与和健康结果的研究的贡献。本文提供了 PGC 会议的摘要，以便研究人员可以共同实施确定的研究主题。
