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Histrionic thinking and behavior derive more from emotion than from reason, creating a condition that causes problems for both those who display this emotional style and those they interact with. When histrionic people “manage” others in the workplace, a destructive dynamic often supervenes as employee and manager pursue the goals of work, frequently at cross purposes. In a naturalistic study, three incidents from my experience with histrionic managers are described and the underlying phenomenon of the histrionic manager is identified. This phenomenon is postulated to be universal, which is to say that managers with a histrionic style will be found wherever work is done. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Topic: Occupational therapists consider the person, the environment and the occupation (personally meaningful activities) in the assessment and intervention process with the ultimate goal being occupational performance. Purpose: This paper describes functional assessment and intervention from the perspective of the occupational therapist with specific examples of assessment instruments and intervention approaches. A scenario of a person in recovery with a particular occupational performance goal is woven throughout the paper to apply the concepts of functional assessment and intervention to a specific situation. Sources Used: CINAHL and PubMed databases; Existing assessment manuals and research on these instruments. Conclusions: Occupational therapists are just one discipline of many within psychiatric rehabilitation. Multidisciplinary teams can be most effective when they work collaboratively and maximize the expertise of all contributors. By describing the occupational therapy process, providing a scenario, and offering suggestions for collaboration, it is hoped that this paper fosters dialogue among occupational therapists and others involved in psychiatric rehabilitation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]