TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Functional assessment in mental health: lessons from occupational therapy
JO  - Dialogues in clinical neuroscience
A1  - Rogers, Joan C.
A1  - Holm, Margo B.
SP  - 145
EP  - 154
VL  - 18
IS  - 2
N2  - Occupational therapists have been conducting functional assessments since World War I, and this accumulated experience has taught us several critical lessons. First, a comprehensive profile of a patient's functioning requires multiple assessment methods. Second, assessment content and measurement constructs must change with the times. Third, technology can enhance and extend functional assessment. Fourth, performance-based assessments of everyday activities can also be used to measure body functions/impairments. However, while deconstructing activities into body functions/impairments is possible, the results do not reflect patients' abilities to integrate the cognitive, motor, sensory and affective functions necessary to complete a complex activity. Finally, the differential complexity of everyday activities that a patient can master or successfully complete can also provide a ruler with which to measure progress.  KEYWORDS:  functional assessment; mental health; occupational therapy; performance assessment<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1294-8322
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -