''What strategies are occupational therapists interested in mental health going to develop to both assert the field as an effective treatment and practice it as such?'' This question was posed by an OT student in her comments on my assertion that advocacy groups such as the Icarus Project can provide new ideas - and ''re-emergent'' practice ...

           News from some of the town hall meetings that have been happening around the country reminds me of the Vietnam War protests of the late 60's. Large organized groups of people protesting issues with proposed government actions. There were protesters carrying signs with defaced pictures of ...

             I've been sitting here on the side of my bed for ten minutes now. I really got to go. It must have taken me five minutes just to sit up. I've been so weak since my hip surgery and catching pneumonia. I really have to go, bad. I wonder what's taking the help so long to answer the ...

          When so many tasks pile up that require more time than a person has, setting a goal to complete them takes dedication and determination. I guess this would be the same thing for someone recovering from an illness; recovery is the goal, which takes determination and hard work to complete. ...

I have been studying the history and concept of occupational therapy for the past 21 years, mentored mostly by people like the late Helen Hopkins, the late Gail Fidler, ADVANCE columnist Jane Sorensen, and Texas educator Kitty Reed. The founders' names, the places, are inscribed on my brain. Their philosophies are by this time in my blood. ...