In Japan, the number of hospitalized patients with psychiatric disorders exceeds 300,000; high-quality psychiatric medical treatment during an acute psychiatric phase is critical to enable early and timely discharge of hospitalized patients. However, in order to shiÑ– to early home care (within 3 months of hospitalization) and enable subject recovery there must be improvements in psychiatric symptoms, and strength utilization of the individual, which can be facilitated with proper therapy. A schizophrenia subject whose condition worsened was admitted to an acute inpatient psychiatric ward. Нe patient had a poor understanding of schizophrenia, the necessity for treatment and maintenance of mental health, and medication use. To stabilize the patient’s medical condition and, ultimately, to enable a return to the workplace, occupational therapy was administered during hospitalization.