This profession worked in conjunction with mental health through so-called ‘moral treatments’ in which psychiatric patients engaged in therapeutic activities that were regulated, directed, and adapted to their environment through the use of occupation as a therapy, resulting in improved performance in activities of daily life.
Esta profesión trabajaba con salud mental, a través del llamado ‘tratamiento moral’ en donde los pacientes psiquiátricos realizaban actividades terapéuticas regladas, dirigidas y adecuadas a su entorno, a través del uso de la ocupación como medio terapéutico, logrando mejorar su desempeño en actividades de la vida diaria.