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The Role of Occupational Therapy in Psychosocial …
and behavioral, insight-oriented and environmental interventions. Occupational therapists assist individuals to develop and maintain function (e.g.: children with autism, adults with aff ective disorders) or to compensate for loss of function (e.g.: individuals with dementia, chronic pain, cardiac dysfunction, palliative care needs, brain injury).
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