Mental Health Practice for the Occupational Therapy Assistant (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781617112508)

Christine A. Manville, EdD, OTR/L, is an Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy and the OTD Residency Coordinator at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Her research interests include adults, adolescents, and children diagnosed with mental illness; teenagers at risk for failure in the public school system; teaching and learning in secondary and postsecondary education; and professional development. Dr. Manville earned her undergraduate degree in occupational therapy from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and her doctoral degree in educational leadership from Johnson and Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island. Her professional experience includes 34 years working in the practice area of mental health. Dr. Manville held the position of pioneer Program Director for the Occupational Therapy Assistant Program at the Community College of Rhode Island from 1997 to 2006 and has been employed at Belmont University since 2007.

Jeremy L. Keough, MSOT, OTR/L, is currently a staff occupational therapist for Blount Memorial Hospital in Maryville, Tennessee. Jeremy earned his undergraduate degree in occupational therapy from Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky and a post-professional master's degree from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. His professional experiences include long-term care, inpatient rehabilitation, outpatient rehabilitation, work hardening, acute care, and occupational therapy assistant education. Jeremy served as the Occupational Therapy Assistant Program Director at Roane State Community College in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and instructed students in mental health coursework and in a nontraditional level-II fieldwork setting. Currently, Jeremy's interests include neurorehabilitation approaches, occupation-based practice, and promoting occupational therapy.