Overview of scientific production on occupational therapy and mental health (1990-2018): a bibliometric study

The profession has always been linked to struggles and popular movements and, in Brazil, with the conquest of democracy, occupational therapists, unhappy with the profession's reductionist perspective centered on a rehabilitating paradigm, started to develop practices that direct the social tra...

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Published in:Cadernos de Terapia Ocupacional da UFSCar 2021-01, Vol.29, p.1-21
Main Authors: Mazaro, Lisabelle Manente, Depole, Bárbara de Fátima, Gasparini, Danieli Amanda, Colato, Erika Regina de Oliveira, Gomes, Laysla Demonari, de Souza, Marina Batista Chaves Azevedo, Souza, Thaís Thaler, Matsukura, Thelma Simöes, Lussi, Isabela Aparecida de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bibliometrics
Knowledge
Mental health
Occupational therapy
Research methodology
Therapists
Trends
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Summary:The profession has always been linked to struggles and popular movements and, in Brazil, with the conquest of democracy, occupational therapists, unhappy with the profession's reductionist perspective centered on a rehabilitating paradigm, started to develop practices that direct the social transformation and assume an ethical and political commitment to these issues (Guajardo Córdoba & Galheigo, 2015). [...]the construction of scientific knowledge in occupational therapy, linked to the field of Mental Health, is strongly crossed by socio-political issues. Principles such as democratization, social participation, involvement, coresponsibility, welcoming, polyphonic listening, and transversality currently direct care and attention to the psychosocial daily life and interventions within this clinic (Amarante, 2007). In Brazil, with Psychosocial Care as a guide for its actions, occupational therapy uses its specificity and resignifies the concept of activity, not to control or eliminate psychological suffering, but to contribute to individual and collective emancipation, enabling new and creative ways to exist (Ribeiro & Machado, 2008). [...]based on the understanding that the intervention actions, theoretical references, and reflections related to occupational therapy in the field of mental health are present in the literature of the area and can contribute to the contextualization and revelation of the state of the art in this field, we consider the relevance of systematizing and identifying what has been produced and disseminated by occupational therapists in journals in the area.
ISSN:0104-4931
2238-2860
DOI:10.1590/2526-8910.ctoAR2159