occupational therapy

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noun

a form of therapy in which patients are encouraged to engage in vocational tasks or expressive activities, as art or dance, usually in a social setting.

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Origin of occupational therapy

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby occupational therapy

occupational hazard, occupational medicine, occupational pension, occupational psychology, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, occupational therapy, occupation franchise, occupation groupings, occupation layer, occupied, Occupied Territories

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How to use occupational therapy in a sentence

He spent months rehabilitating, doing physical and occupational therapy and regaining strength.
A True Story About American Freeskier Colby Stevenson|bsmith|November 16, 2021|Outside Online
Scott had a voice caregiver, a PT caregiver, an occupational therapy caregiver, and a nurse that came to his house once a week, all of which allowed him to progress steadily.
My Life Is in Joe Manchin’s Hands—Does He Care?|Ady Barkan|October 29, 2021|The Daily Beast
Though tissues are present and tears are not uncommon, the Dinner Parties are distinctly not grief counseling or group therapy.
Everyone at This Dinner Party Has Lost Someone|Samantha Levine|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I return home after several days in the hospital and start thrice weekly physical therapy.
You’re Never ‘Cured’ of an Eating Disorder|Carrie Arnold|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The campaign included a push for the World Health Organization to condemn gay-conversion therapy.
China’s Electroshock Gay-Conversion Case|Nina Strochlic|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Collaborating with him on a film was the best kind of therapy I could have asked for.
Blogger Shares and Shames Cancer in ‘Lily’|Amy Grantham|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And for those seeking a quick fix: Studies show that light therapy can spur a mood lift in just several days.
9 Ways to Cope With Seasonal Affective Disorder|DailyBurn|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In serum therapy antitoxins are artificially excited into being in the blood of beasts.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
Thus far we have considered only the scientific aspects of amorphous phosphorus therapy.
The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 1 of 2|Various
Immediate, certainly, is the demand of “middle class” women for larger occupational opportunities.
The Women of Tomorrow|William Hard
We have observed the postponement of marriage in its effect on the occupational opportunities of those daughters.
The Women of Tomorrow|William Hard
The first who wrote upon the therapy of cinchona was Barba, a Spanish physician, whose work was printed in Seville in 1642.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine|Roswell Park

British Dictionary definitions for occupational therapy

occupational therapy

noun

med treatment of people with physical, emotional, or social problems, using purposeful activity to help them overcome or learn to deal with their problems

Derived forms of occupational therapy

occupational therapist, noun

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