Submit a Manuscript to the Journal
Occupational Therapy in Mental Health
For a Special Issue on
Psychosis and Occupation
Manuscript deadline
01 December 2023

Special Issue Editor(s)
Deborah Pitts,
University of Southern California
[email protected]
Erin McIntyre,
University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
[email protected]
Psychosis and Occupation
Background
Psychosis is a profound human experience that has significant implications for the experience of and engagement in occupations. The work of the earliest practitioners of what became known in the US as occupational therapy was focused on psychosis. Over the last three years members of AOTA’s Psychosis Community of Practice (CoP) have explored various perspectives on the lived experience of psychosis and understandings about its impact on occupation. In this work, CoP members have engaged in particular with perspectives challenging psychiatry’s framing of psychosis as solely or primarily a medical disorder and its implications for occupational therapy practice.
Special Issue Goals
The goal of this special issue is to share international occupational therapy and occupational science scholars’ perspectives on psychosis and occupation that contribute to the broader critique of psychosis as solely or primarily a medical disorder. We are interested in contributions that explore psychosis as a human experience and the implications for taking up such a stance in occupational therapy.
Special Issue Editors
Deborah Pitts, University of Southern California
Erin McIntyre, University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
Carol Lambdin-Pattavina, University of New England
Elizabeth Griffin Lanigan, University of New Hampshire
Twylla Kirchen, Rocky Mountain College
Christine Linkie, University at Buffalo
Elise Blanton-Hubbard, Berkeley, California
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Non-Research, Research and/or Opinion articles will be accepted.
Submissions should be approximately 12-18 double-spaced manuscript pages.
Expected publication date March 2024.