Referrals to Private Practice Mental Health Occupational Therapy

Carlson, Otr Jodi; Goetz, Raymond R.

doi:10.1300/j004v15n01_04

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“…The child was referred on 10 November, but the mother could not take him because of transport problems. Data from our study therefore confirm findings by Carlson and Goetz (2000), namely, that limited patient funds can be an impediment to effective referrals. However, it may also be that the reasons for non-follow-up on referrals by our participants do not relate to financial or socioeconomic constraints alone.…”

Section: The Client Didn't Turn Up To Collect Her Referral Saying Thasupporting

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Intervention Groups for HIV-Infected Women: The Need for Additional Services

Eloff

Forsyth

Finestone

et al. 2011

South African Journal of Psychology

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The Kgolo Mmogo study is a randomised controlled intervention trial that examines the effectiveness of a group intervention to enhance resilience in HIV-infected South African mothers (N = 427) and their young children (N = 435). We describe here how the severity of psychological and social problems experienced by some of the study participants required referrals for other services and discuss the barriers encountered in facilitating such referrals. Over a 30-month period 54 mothers and 59 children were referred for additional support. For mothers, the most frequent reasons for referral related to domestic violence and problems within relationships, while for children the most common grounds for referral were the evaluation and treatment of behavioural problems and severe emotional disturbances, including depression. Eight children were referred for suspected abuse. Observations from the study demonstrate that current systems for referral are overloaded and that there is a paucity of specialised services available. Our experience suggests that participants may benefit from using the intervention as a first point of support and that psychosocial referrals should perhaps be delayed until functional advice is provided (within the group) on ways of accessing wider support effectively. The intervention may also benefit from the inclusion of an intervention team member who is specifically tasked to follow up on referrals. This includes follow-up for participants who were not included in the group intervention. Furthermore, we argue that socio-economic constraints, which often manifest as lack of mobility to access service delivery, can severely impact on the implementation of an intervention study in a developing context. This constraint is experienced in terms of limited access to experimental intervention groups and services from referrals.Keywords: children affected by HIV and AIDS; health services; HIV and AIDS; HIV-positive women; intervention groups; referrals Inequalities in service delivery in the health sector have been well documented (Castro-Leal, Dayton, Demery, & Mehra, 2000). Studies show that those who need health services the most are the least likely to receive such services (Gwatkin, Bhuiya, & Victora, 2004; Makinen, W aters, Rauch, Almagambetova, Bitran, Gilson, M cIntyre, Pannarunothai, Prieto, Ubilla, & Ram, 2000). Gwatkin et al. (2004) also refer to the "inverse care law" where health services are not distributed to those who need them most. Instead, more and higher quality services are provided to the wealthy (often less in need of health services) and fewer services are made available to the poor, who struggle to access them.To some extent this gap widens even more when the need for additional referrals arises within the health sector. Studies on referrals within the health sector have found a link between perceived severity of the reason for referral and actual subsequent referral (Maniadaki, Sonuga-Barke, & , 2006). Thus, the more intense the problem experienced by a patient (or participant i...

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Section: The Client Didn't Turn Up To Collect Her Referral Saying Thasupporting

confidence: 88%

Intervention Groups for HIV-Infected Women: The Need for Additional Services

Eloff

Forsyth

Finestone

et al. 2011

South African Journal of Psychology

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“…Occupational therapy focuses on an individual's ability to function independently in life roles and the promotion of health and wellbeing through meaningful activity (Kannenberg). Information gained from BAMH suggests that referral to practicing private mental health occupational therapists is low (Hitch, ), and a lack of familiarity with the profession in this area has been cited as a possible reason (Carlson & Goetz, ).…”

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Better Access to Mental Health program: Influence of mental health occupational therapy

Kohn

Hitch

Stagnitti

2012

Aus Occup Therapy J

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“…Previous authors have addressed several factors that could affect the scope of OT practice within the MH field in different countries. These factors were mainly related to knowledge about the role of OT within MH (Carlson & Goetz, 2000;Darawsheh et al, 2018;Henderson et al, 2015;Muñoz et al, 2000), limited education at the university level (AlHeresh & Nikopoulos, 2011;Scanlan et al, 2015), and problems with professional identity (Ashby et al, 2013). Currently, no single study has provided an examination of the extent of OT practice within the MH field in the KSA and the factors affecting its limited implementation for people with mental illness.…”

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Emerging Occupational Therapy in Mental Health Practice in Saudi Arabia: A Qualitative Study

Alodan

Squire

2022

Occupational Therapy in Mental Health

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Occupational therapy (OT) services within mental health (MH) in Saudi Arabia are not well documented. This qualitative study investigated the factors influencing MH-related OT practice in the KSA from psychiatrists' and occupational therapists' perspectives. Data collection was conducted with nine participants including occupational therapists and psychiatrists using semi-structured interviews. Four themes emerged: perceptions about MHrelated OT practice; OT's professional identity in Saudi Arabia; challenges toward implementing OT services in psychiatry; and the promotion of OT services within Saudi MH.The findings suggested that awareness about MH-related OT practice is essential to enhance the profession's presence within MH field.

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Referrals to Private Practice Mental Health Occupational Therapy

Cited by 5 publications

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Intervention Groups for HIV-Infected Women: The Need for Additional Services

Intervention Groups for HIV-Infected Women: The Need for Additional Services

Better Access to Mental Health program: Influence of mental health occupational therapy

Emerging Occupational Therapy in Mental Health Practice in Saudi Arabia: A Qualitative Study

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