TY - JOUR PY - 1994// TI - Application of occupational therapy in the treatment of depression JO - Occupational therapy international A1 - Salo‐Chydenius, S. SP - 103 EP - 121 VL - 1 IS - 2 N2 - Depression as a major social and public health problem is a challenge for clinicians and occupational therapists throughout the world. This theoretical paper is based on a literature review and the author's experience as an occupational therapist in mental health in Finland, working with severely long‐term depressed patients. The basic concepts of a cognitive-behavioural model are introduced and evaluated. The relationship of depression, mourning and suicide is discussed and a model for occupational therapy intervention acting. Copyright © 1994 Whurr Publishers Ltd.

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LA - en SN - 0966-7903 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oti.6150010206 ID - ref1 ER -