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Healing Threads: Occupational Therapy during the World Wars
Although work, art, and craft were present in health care spaces at the turn of the twentieth century, occupational therapy as a distinct medical field largely formed in response to World War I (1914–1918).
The Early Years of Occupational Therapy in Kingston
The adoption of a therapeutic approach at the Kingston Asylum [had] proved a great success in the treatment of ‘chronic mental disease’ – using occupations in the form of work and craft to compliment routine treatment. This laid the groundwork for a new medical profession in Canada: occupational therapy.