Scholars@Duke
Valerie Fox

Valerie Fox

Instructor, Mc in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery, Occupational Therapy

Scholarly Works - Journal articles

Access to Outpatient Occupational Therapy Services After Inpatient Psychiatric Hospitalization in the Veterans Health Administration.

Journal article Am J Occup Ther · July 1, 2025 IMPORTANCE: Veterans with occupational performance (e.g., activities of daily living [ADL]) limitations who are receiving inpatient psychiatric care may benefit from outpatient occupational therapy upon discharge, but access disparities have not been inves ... Full text Link to item Cite

Positive Experiences of Psychosis: A Review

Journal article Occupational Therapy in Mental Health · January 1, 2025 Experiences of psychosis, including auditory and visual hallucinations, are pathologized and stigmatized within healthcare settings and societies at large (particularly Anglo-European cultures). Yet, positive experiences of psychosis have been documented i ... Full text Cite

Liminal Space of First-Episode Psychosis: Health Management and Its Effect on Social Participation.

Journal article Am J Occup Ther · November 1, 2021 IMPORTANCE: Managing health requires extensive time and effort, especially in the early stages of a new illness. Although important, health management occupations contribute to treatment burden, disrupt engagement in other occupations, and galvanize the in ... Full text Link to item Cite

An exploration of social participation for young adults following a first psychotic episode

Journal article Journal of Occupational Science · January 2, 2020 Individuals with mental illness continue to be among the most excluded in society. A thorough understanding of how social participation shifts for individuals following their first psychotic break is needed to develop interventions targeting social integra ... Full text Cite

Beyond Thiamine: Treatment for Cognitive Impairment in Korsakoff's Syndrome.

Journal article Psychosomatics · 2018 BACKGROUND: Wernicke's encephalopathy is a condition whose treatment many consultation-liaison psychiatrists know quite well. Less clear, however, is the treatment of its dementia disorder descendent, the Korsakoff's syndrome (KS). OBJECTIVE: This article ... Full text Link to item Cite

Water: A useful metaphor for occupation

Journal article Journal of Occupational Science · July 3, 2015 While scholars have spent decades attempting to define occupation and identify key elements essential to the study of occupation, little research has focused on the fundamental properties of occupation alone. In addition, occupational science continues to ... Full text Cite

Transitional Care Partners: a hospital-to-home support for older adults and their caregivers.

Journal article J Am Assoc Nurse Pract · August 2013 PURPOSE: To describe the development, implementation, and preliminary results of the Transitional Care (TLC) Partners, a clinical demonstration program that supports the transition from hospital to home of older veterans. DATA SOURCES: Hospital records of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Professional Roles in Community Mental Health Practice: Generalist Versus Specialist

Journal article Occupational Therapy in Mental Health · January 1, 2013 Major trends in the mental health field, including the transition toward deinstitutionalization and community-based care, the increased focus on cost-effectiveness and accountability, and the rise of consumer-based health care have had significant impacts ... Full text Cite

“Breaking in”: The politics behind participation in theater

Journal article Journal of Occupational Science · January 1, 2010 Most occupational science research has focused on the effect of occupational engagement on the individual, leaving many group and community level processes unaddressed. The purpose of this ethnographic study is to explore the process of participation and t ... Full text Cite