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It is reported that the thesis section is available, to publish abstracts of postgraduate theses in the disciplinary field. Who submits your thesis, must present the title, abstract, key words (include Occupational Therapy), and a summary of 2 to 3 pages of your thesis. And `present it in Spanish, English and / or Portuguese.
Problematic drug abuse and occupational therapy: occupational components assessed during the process of treatment and rehabilitation
Abstract
This research topic is framed within the field of occupational therapy and problematic drug abuse. Thepurpose of this qualitative study is to explore what occupational components occupational therapists
assess in the process of treatment and rehabilitation of problematic drug abuse. The study also explores
the models and assessments used during this process.
The participants were selected out of the list of Treatment and Rehabilitation Centers, that provides
Occupational Therapy intervention in an Intensive Outpatient Program. This list was obtained from the
database of the National Council for Narcotics Control (CONACE).
Data was collected through literature review on the topic and semi-structured interviews with seven
Occupational Therapists with experience in the field of Drug Addiction Treatment and Rehabilitation. The
interviews focused on the following topics: occupational components that are assessed for occupational
therapists during the process of Treatment and Rehabilitation, models or theoretical frameworks and
assessments used during this process and occupational components most affected.
The results revealed that the majority of occupational therapists evaluate the occupational components
of routine / habits, roles, volition, leisure and work history at the stage of admission to Treatment and
Rehabilitation Centers. In addition, the results reveal a lack of appropriate and specific models and
assessments from the occupational therapy perspective within the field of drug abuse. This study
concludes that there is a lack of homogeneity in language, assessment tools and models used between
the Occupational Therapists working in the Treatment and Rehabilitation Centers.
