Occupational Therapy experiences of Child and Youth mental health: ann approach to rights and participation practices

This article corresponds to an essay that has for purpose to show occupational therapy experiences of intervention in child and adolescent mental health. It is intended to reflect how this discipline, from the professional practice, contributes to guarantee rights, from health care devices.The docu...

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Main Authors: María José Poblete A., Francisco Troncoso F., Rodrigo Burgos A.
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Chile 2016-12-01
Series:Revista Chilena de Terapia Ocupacional
Online Access:https://revistaterapiaocupacional.uchile.cl/index.php/RTO/article/view/44749
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Summary:This article corresponds to an essay that has for purpose to show occupational therapy experiences of intervention in child and adolescent mental health. It is intended to reflect how this discipline, from the professional practice, contributes to guarantee rights, from health care devices.The document has four intervention experiences in public health context, that are bound to the founding principles of theinternational Convention of Children Rights, which constitute the pillars for the exercise of the rights established in the treaty.As part of the analysis of this document, it is concluded how relevant it results the development of public politics related to the needs of this population; because if not, “normal practices” are reproduced, and they affect the autonomy of the subject.In this way, it is important to develop located interventions, to promote the inclusion and participation of boys, girls and young boys as social actors.
ISSN:0717-6767
0719-5346