Promoting Activity and Participation in Individuals with Serious Mental Illness: The Action Over Inertia Approach
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This book presents "Action Over Inertia," a recovery-orientated, strengths-based approach to address the profound disruptions in daily activities and community participation often experienced by those living with serious mental illnesses. With a focus on supported "doing", the Action Over Inertia approach engages individuals in small activity and participation efforts as an opening to making longer term and sustained changes that offer meaning and well-being. The book helps service providers develop their own knowledge of activities and the health and well-being benefits an individual might receive from activities. It also asks them to consider the biases, assumptions, and constraints that might impact their ability to implement interventions related to activity and participation. A range of worksheets, resources, vignettes, and other tools are provided to support this practice. The manual was developed from the knowledge and practice of occupational science and therapy, but it will be of interest to any mental health professional, peer-provider, administrator, or policy maker interested in promoting recovery for people with serious mental illness
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Ten studies reported the development and evaluation of time use interventions, including Action over Inertia (AOI), Balancing Everyday Life (BEL) and the Pathway to Participation (P2P) program.
“Ten studies reported the development and evaluation of time use interventions, including Action over Inertia (AOI) (62, 63), Balancing Everyday Life (BEL) (47) and the Pathway to Participation (P2P) program (64).”
From Contributions of a time use perspective in community mental health practice: a scoping review (2024) · cites this paper as [63]
More recently, AOI in group formats with 4-10 sessions have been described.
“More recently, AOI in group formats with 4-10 sessions have been described (63, 72).”
From Contributions of a time use perspective in community mental health practice: a scoping review (2024) · cites this paper as [63]
The three identified time use interventions are grounded in knowledge that what people do in everyday life matters for health and wellbeing; informed by recovery-oriented practice principles; and draw on educational and cognitive behavioral strategies.
“The three identified time use interventions are grounded in knowledge that what people do in everyday life matters for health and wellbeing; informed by recovery-oriented practice principles; and draw on educational and cognitive behavioral strategies (14, 62–64).”
From Contributions of a time use perspective in community mental health practice: a scoping review (2024) · cites this paper as [63]
The most recent version of Action over Inertia prompts practitioners to consider unreported daily activities, such as work for informal payments, using or selling drugs, begging, and other forms of activities that may have personal value but can also adversely impact health and wellbeing.
“The most recent version of Action over Inertia (63) prompts practitioners to consider unreported daily activities, such as work for informal payments, using or selling drugs, begging, and other forms of activities that may have personal value but can also adversely impact health and wellbeing.”
From Contributions of a time use perspective in community mental health practice: a scoping review (2024) · cites this paper as [63]
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Fossey, E., Doroud, N., Harvey, C. A., Dun, C., Hitch, D., Farnworth, L., & Krupa, T. (2024) · Frontiers in Psychiatry · doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1461705 · Cited by 5 · see citing works
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- Krupa, T., Edgelow, M., Chen, S.-P., & Mieras, C.
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- Routledge eBooks
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- Routledge
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- 2021-09-09
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- W4213107327
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- 2025: 2 · 2022: 1
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- 0.78
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- Routledge eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Therapy Practice and Research
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Keywords
- severe mental illness, activities and participation, recovery-oriented care, strengths-based approach, community participation, occupational therapy, mental health service providers, well-being, implementation barriers
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