Hely Arabella, Pearce Claire
Faculty of Health, University of Canberra, Bruce, ACT, Australia.
Prim Health Care Res Dev. 2025 Jun 23;26:e49. doi: 10.1017/S1463423625100212.
This paper is a short report considering the role of occupational therapy in providing mental health services in primary care. Primary care is the first point of contact most people have with the healthcare system. Occupational therapists have a role working with people with mental illness but the role of an occupational therapist working in mental health in a primary care setting is not well understood. Common interventions discussed in the literature included lifestyle approaches, assessment and information gathering, and the teaching of skills for daily living. There was a clear divide in the literature regarding the use of generic or specialist (occupation-focused) roles. Physical health was often prioritized over mental health concerns. Limited research examined both the population group of people with mental health concerns and the practice setting of primary care, identifying the need for further research to articulate the role of occupational therapy in working with mental health in primary care settings.
本文是一篇简短报告，探讨了职业治疗在基层医疗中提供心理健康服务的作用。基层医疗是大多数人与医疗系统的首个接触点。职业治疗师在与精神疾病患者合作方面发挥着作用，但职业治疗师在基层医疗环境中从事心理健康工作的角色尚未得到充分理解。文献中讨论的常见干预措施包括生活方式方法、评估和信息收集以及日常生活技能教学。关于通用角色或专业（以职业为重点）角色的使用，文献中存在明显分歧。身体健康往往比心理健康问题更受重视。有限的研究考察了有心理健康问题的人群以及基层医疗的实践环境，表明需要进一步研究以阐明职业治疗在基层医疗环境中处理心理健康问题时的作用。
