Occupational Therapy and Psychosocial Dysfunction.

Susan Cook Merrill, editor. The Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580. 237 pages. Hardcover, $37.95; softcover, $19.95.

This text provides a comprehensive view of occupational therapy practice in psychosocial dysfunction. It emphasizes case studies for discussion and descriptions of programs and specific treatment activities that provide students with concrete ideas to try, as well as theoretical rationale underlying those treatment activities. Contributors to this text share programmatic ideas and communication about day-to-day treatment and assessment methods. Some of the strategies introduced by this guide include an intervention based on a model of human occupation and object relations theory, use of a group process to enable patients to regain control of their lives, treatment strategies based on neurocognitive deficits, a neurophysiological model of schizophrenia etiology, and leadership therapy. Chapters deal with special timely issues such as eating disorders, chemical dependency, combatrelated PTSD, and survivors of sexual abuse.