Wellness and Recovery

WTFMH Acronyms

100

CSB

Community Service Board

200

CBT

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

300

DBT

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

400

ACT

Assertive Community Treatment

or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

500

LPC

Licensed Professional Counselor

Western State Staff

100

This person prescribes psychiatric medications.

Psychiatric provider

200

This person helps with discharge planning and coordinating services with community providers.

Social Worker

300

Person who provides psychiatric evaluations and places individuals in groups.

Psychologist

400

Person with lived experiences who supports those in their recovery journey

Peer recovery specialist 

or Peer Recovery Coach

500

Lead groups and individual sessions that focus on improving mental health through the activities we have to do or want to do.

Occupational Therapist

Community Services/Resources

100

The number to call for mental health crisis

988

200

Help with SNAP, TANF, Medicaid, and WIC.

DSS
Dept of Social Services

300

Provides assistance with food. They may require paperwork to assist.

Food pantries

400

A place that provides access to many resources, from social events, crafting groups, genealogy resources, language learning, internet, hotspots, COVID testing (at some locations), and books. Some places provide more resources than others.

The Library

500

They help individual with disabilities or those in recovery with assistane with employment

DARS

VA Dept. of Aging and Rehabilitation

CSB services

100

They help coordinate services and connect to additional organizations

Case management

200

May be individual or group therapy in which you go to the CSB to receive services, maybe once a week or every other week with a counselor.

Outpatient Therapy

300

They assist with prescribing psychiatric medication.

Psychiatric services.

400

The service that will attempt to avert hospitalization but assist when people are in crisis.

Crisis Stabilization or Crisis Intervention

500

Outpatient therapy services that can last 3-5 hours a day for 3-5 days a week. Provides group and individual programming. Considered intensive.

Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)

APPR categories

100

A "box of tools" that includes things that keep us well or coping strategies

Wellness Toolbox

200

These are the things that I have to do every day to stay well.

Daily Maintenance

300

External events that can cause mental tension and physical reactions.

Stressors

or Triggers

400

These are the symptoms of things getting worse, but others still haven't noticed.

Early Warning Signs

500

Symptoms of being unwell that have caused concern with others; however, you still have the ability to make decisions.

Things are Breaking Down