Occupational therapy, sexuality and research for public policy

Abstract

Within the central aspects to be addressed by occupational therapy, is the person, which consists of an inseparable characteristic that is sexuality. This characteristic will influence attitudes, style habits and occupational identity, so it should be addressed at different levels of occupational therapy intervention, identifying and addressing the difficulties of the gender marker in sexual dissent, in a social structure that restricts occupational participation and violates the rights of the collective. This situation has been aggravated in the context of confinement due to covid-19, in which there have been higher levels of distress, fear, aggression that in turn lead to an increase in the consumption of tranquilizers by the target population.