Mental Health Relapse
What are two early warning signs of a mental health relapse?
What are isolating, becoming dishonest, change in eating habits, change in sleep patterns, lack of motivation, procrastination, mood fluctuations, falling out of healthy habits, change in attitude, substance abuse, or increase stress; stop taking your meds on your own
You develop this to help you identify triggers and have a plan in place for when you notice early warning signs of mental health relapse.
What is relapse prevention plan?
Why is it important to identify warning signs of a mental health relapse?
You give yourself the power to take care of your mental health and respond to problems quickly.
True or False: It is possible to predict a relaspse?
True: identifying early warning signs can help predict relapse.
This is the thought or belief that someone doesn't have a problem
Denial
What are two consequences of mental health relapse?
What are hospitalization, relationship loss, difficulty with occupation, regression.
What are triggers?
cues that can cause urges and cravings.
feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
What is Anxiety
True or False: Relapse and symptoms will look the same for everyone
False; everyone's relapse and symptoms will be different for everyone
What is the key to relapse prevention?
to undersand that it happens gradually, identify early warning sign triggers
Name 3 coping skills people use to avoid mental health relapse
Music, walking, talking, exercise, breathing meditation
Self-care are important to help reduce relapse symptoms, Name 3 self-care activities?
ADLs, exercise, talking to a support, healthy eating, hyderating, yoga, meditation, deep breathing, bubble bath, naps.
Name 2 ways where you can get help if you feel like you might relapse
Treatment center, therapist, family, friends
True or False: Scheduling, practicing thought stopping, and keeping appointments is considered "working smart not strong"
True
Relapse is a ______, it's not an event
process
What does mental health relapse mean?
a decline in someone's state of health after a temporary improvement or partial recovery.
Name 3 important components of a relapse prevention plan.
What is identifying warning signs and triggers, identifying coping skills and supports, and crisis plan.
This has been scientifically shown to help rewire the brain, helping individuals to recover and cope more effectively with symptoms of depression, anxiety, trauma, and substance abuse.
What is Meditation
The DBT Term GIVE stands for:
Gentle/Interested/validate/easy manner when communicating with others
Identify and describe three triggers
seeing people using, being in places you used or picked up, objects that helped with use such as spoons or needles, hanging out with using frinds, media, etc
Name 3 resources to get help if you feel like there is a risk for a mental health relapse.
What is family/friends/supports, therapist, treatment center, support groups, church?
You can go to one of these to be with others who have similar issues and understand what youre going through.
What are self-help or support groups?
How can relapse be an important part of recovery?
You will work even harder the next time you try to get well.
describe the difference between porous boundaries and rigid boundaries
porous is a lack of boundaries and rigid is too limiting often pushing others away
Name 3 potential symptoms of withdrawal
fatigue, restlessness, agitation, irritability, restless legs, insomnia, anxiety, depression, poor appetite, body aches and bone pain, teeth pain, nausea, racing thoughts, runny nose, cold/flu symptoms, chills, sweating