Title: Describe common psychosocial disorders across the life span.
Course: Physical/Occupational Therapy I (14060-I) > Section: Understanding Disease Processes Treated by Rehabilitation Professionals

Description should include

- pervasive developmental disabilities (e.g., autism, Asperger’s)
- anxiety
- affective disabilities (e.g., depression, bipolarism, schizophrenia)
- conduct disorders
- panic, social, or school phobia
- post-traumatic stress; adjustment
- obsessive-compulsive disorders
- alcoholism
- substance abuse
- eating disorders (e.g., anorexia nervosa, bulimia).

Process/Skill Questions:

- How do psychosocial disorders affect the client’s mobility and occupations?
- What types of mental health or educational interventions have occurred for patients with these disorders?
- What are the roles of rehabilitative professionals in treating common psychosocial disorders?
- What special therapeutic approaches might people with these disorders need?