KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION: OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN PSYCHOSOCIAL DISFUNCTION

KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION: OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN PSYCHOSOCIAL DISFUNCTION

       Hello everyone, I’m Jib; the final years student of Occupational Therapy, Mahidol. Last Wednesday, I attended a seminar topic “OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN PSYCHOSOCIAL DISFUNCTION”by Dr.Supaluk Khemtong who is the psychosocial specialist and our teacher of Occupational therapy division. We got much knowledge from this class and I would like to share my experience to you. Let’s go!!

 

What is the key mission of Occupational Therapy in Psychosocial dysfunction?

     Occupational Therapy in Psychosocial dysfunction is the rehabilitation program and emphasize in Well-being &recovery from mental health illness. Thailand on five years ago, we already changed the attitude about psychological patients and participated in community. However, most psychiatric hospitals also work separately. Lack of communication to help each other, so it led to the ineffective treatment.

 

How does the OT ensure Quality of intervention for psychosocial dysfunction client?

     Those overseas, for example in Malaysia. Permai hospital have a program that allows patients to work in a real context, do not focus only on rehabilitation. In Singapore, they focus on quality of life promotion. This example can be seen that both are focused on psychiatric patients as a part of society and can live with normal people while Thailand has focused on the recovery process in hospitals. And most of them focus on the physical rather than psychological problems.

 

What are the strength, threats, and opportunity of Thai OT in Psychosocial?

     Currently, Occupational Therapists and Specialist quite a few and many people still do not understand the role of the occupational therapist. We must make clear the role of the occupational therapist. We have to learn more and always use the reasoning on the clinical treatment.

 

What are the strategies of Occupational Therapy in Pediatric?

     The Occupational Therapists should get ourselves involve with the patient and family. Knowing what the insight of patients, learn the feeling of patients and to be a good listener. Learning real life along with the patient and provide full support to them.

 

What have you learned about CMU-OT leading to build / create MU-OT?

     Teaching of the two universities is similar. Mahidol University near Bangkok, we had the opportunity to work with other therapist and specialist. A variety of expert’s knowledge is constantly updated.

 

What do you want to see in the future?

     Thailand currently has about ten million psychiatric patients, but only one million people have been treated at the hospital. The future is likely to increase further. So we should help patients both in hospital and community. The environment of patients including a focus on mental health prevention & promotion, we hope that the Occupational therapist will be a past of Psychosocial.

 

On the issue of Thai community/society/culture that can use your OT professional skill are particularly interesting to you?

     We can use the cultural context to help the patients, such as the use of Buddhism in people who have trouble communicating with others; suggest to saying to the Buddha statue. The Occupational Therapy needs to consider about the social, cultural and natural. Therapist require appropriate frame of reference and get self understanding to help patients effectively.

 

AEC and Thai Occupational Therapy??

     We still lack knowledge about the Recovery and well-being, including the specialist. OT from developed countries came into our country. This is the cause of high competition in AEC. Psychiatric occupational therapy department will boom even more because, we have over 27 psychiatric hospitals in Thailand.

 

Special Thanks to

Dr. Supaluk Khemtong

Dr. Anuchart Kaunnin

 

Psychosocial Occupational therapy is very important role in helping rehabilitate psychiatric patients. We hope that in the future it will be more work in psychosocial part. Can help the patient to return to the community and have a better quality of life.

                                                                                                            Jib Patcharee

 

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