Barbara Hemphill-Pearson’s Assessments in Occupational Therapy Mental Health has been updated and expanded into a much anticipated Second Edition. This text is a unique compilation of mental health assessments that are used in practice and taught in occupational therapy clinics and academic programs. With 30 contributors from a wide range of specialty areas in occupational therapy, this text is significantly revised with 23 chapters divided into 9 sections. The revisions elucidate the authors’ perspectives so that they can be incorporated into mental health practices.

Assessments in Occupational Therapy Mental Health, Second Edition proposes an exciting integrated approach to assessing multiple systems. The chapters in this text also present a thorough process for approaching client evaluation. In addition, the reasoning process is explored in a way that is helpful to occupational therapy students and practitioners at all levels.

Topic Included in the Second Edition: • Integrative approach in assessment • Interviewing process • Psychological assessment • Learning assessment • Behavioral assessment • Biological and spiritual assessment • Computerized assessment

New to the Second Edition: • Projective media assessments • Spirituality concerns • Assessments in wellness and pediatrics • Evidence based research

While introducing new assessments and offering updated information, this Second Edition supports an occupational therapist’s development of evaluation responsibilities. Also, incorporated throughout the text is the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework.

Each Chapter Includes: • A theoretical base on the assessment including historical development, rationale for development, behaviors assessed, appropriate patient use, review of literature, and assessment adminstration • How the instrument is administered, which will include the procedures, problems with administering, and materials needed • The presentation of a case study and interpretation of results • Statistical analysis and recent studies • Suggestions for further research to continue the development and refinement of assessments in mental health occupational therapy

Overall, Assessments in Occupational Therapy Mental Health provides information that can be used to scrutinize evaluation procedures and practices while providing a sound foundation for a holistic, integrated approach to client assessment.

Dr. Hemphill received her B.S. in occupational therapy from the University of Iowa. She received her M.S. degree in occupational therapy from Colorado State University. During her tenure as a therapist at Ft. Logan Mental Health Center, she was fortunate to work with Dr. Maxwell Jones, the founder of the Therapeutic Community Concept in mental health. She began her teaching career at Cleveland State University. She stayed there until she became associate professor and tenured in the department of occupational therapy at Western Michigan University. She retired emeritus after 19 years. In addition to her degrees, she has an earned Doctor of Ministry degree from the Ecumenical Theological Seminary in Detroit.

Dr. Hemphill has served on the editorial boards of the Occupational Therapy Practice journal and the American Journal of Occupational Therapy and presently serves on the editorial board of the Occupational Therapy in Mental Health journal. She has given numerous international, national, and state peer-reviewed papers. Her papers include two at the World Federation for Occupational Therapy; one entitled “Holism in Occupational Therapy Mental Health” and the second entitled “Occupational Therapy and Spirituality: A Global Perspective.” She has given numerous papers at the national occupational therapy conferences. Among them are: “Methods in Spirituality: An Educational Experience,” “Spirituality in the Treatment Setting,” and “Spirituality in the Health Care Setting.”

Her publication record has spanned over 25 years. Her most proud accomplishment is edited books on the topic of mental health assessment. Among them are the Evaluative Process in Psychiatric Occupational Therapy, which was translated into Japanese; Mental Health Assessment in Occupational Therapy; and Assessments in Occupational Therapy Mental Health. She has published in the American Journal of Occupational Therapy, Occupational Therapy in Health Care, Occupational Therapy Practice, and Occupational Therapy in Mental Health. The topics range from marketing, to depression, to deinstitutionalization. She was recognized for her contributions to education, research, and publications, and her awards include a Fellow of the American Occupational Therapy Association and Fellow of the Michigan Occupational Therapy Association.

Dr. Hemphill continues to contribute to her profession after retirement. She has taught courses in spirituality to occupational therapy students on-line and in the classroom. Her ministry is in the community. She has taught spirituality courses to senior centers and retirement homes. She also taught a series of courses about C.S. Lewis, and a PBS course entitled “A Question of God,” a debate between Freud and C.S. Lewis.