Integrated Recovery
This module introduces the idea that recovery is personal and means something different for everyone.
Module 1: Recovery Strategies
A client has just been diagnosed with schizophrenia and wants to learn about the symptoms, treatment options, and recovery. Which module would you start with?
Module 2: Practical Facts about Mental Illness
This stage of change is characterized by a person not yet recognizing their substance use as a problem.
What is Precontemplation?
A client says, "I know stress makes my symptoms worse, but I don't know what to do about it." Which module would you teach first?
Module 5: Coping with Stress?
A client avoids activities because they're feeling depressed. CBT encourages increasing positive, meaningful activities through this intervention.
What is behavioral activation?
This module teaches that biology, stress, coping skills, and substance use all interact to affect recovery.
Module 4: The Stress-Vulnerability Model
A client notices their depression gets much worse after several nights of poor sleep and increased stress. Which module explains why this happens?
Module 4: The Stress-Vulnerability Model
This occurs when a person needs more of a substance to get the same effect.
What is tolerance
A client says, "I never know what questions to ask my doctor, and I usually leave appointments confused." Which module would you teach?
Module 11: Getting Your Needs Met in the Health Care System?
A client reports increasing anxiety, poor sleep, withdrawing from friends, and missing medications. What are these called?
What are early warning signs?
This module teaches about diagnoses, symptoms, causes of mental illness, and addresses myths and stigma.
Module 2: Practical Facts about Mental Illness
A client wants to learn coping skills for hearing voices, racing thoughts, or persistent anxiety. Which module would you use?
Module 8: Coping with Problems and Symptoms
A client says, "I know my drinking is causing problems, but I'm just not ready to quit yet." Which stage of change are they in?
What is contemplation
A client reports sleeping only four hours a night, drinking several energy drinks daily, and skipping meals. Which E-IMR module would be the best place to start?
Module 9: Healthy Lifestyles?
This motivational interviewing skill involves asking questions that cannot be answered with a simple "yes" or "no."
What are open-ended questions?
This module focuses on identifying supportive people, strengthening relationships, and building a healthy support network.
Module 6: Building Social Support
A client says, "I don't have anyone I can call when my symptoms start getting worse." Which module focuses on building a reliable support system?
Module 6: Building Social Support?
This recovery skill involves planning ahead for situations, people, or emotions that may increase the urge to use.
What is relapse prevention
A client wants to make a list of early warning signs that their mental health is beginning to decline before reaching a crisis. Which module would you teach?
Module 10: Developing a Plan for Staying Well?
A client is in crisis and needs skills to survive the moment without making the situation worse. Which DBT skill module would you teach?
What is Distress Tolerance?
This module teaches clients how to cope with psychiatric symptoms and everyday problems using cognitive and behavioral coping skills.
Module 8: Coping with Problems and Symptoms
A client wants to identify meaningful life goals before focusing on symptom management. Which E-IMR module would you start with?
Module 1: Recovery Strategies?
A client has stopped drinking this week, is attending recovery meetings, and is practicing new coping skills every day. Which stage of change are they in?
What is Action
A client wants to better understand their psychiatric medications, including side effects and questions to ask their prescriber. Which module would you teach?
Module 7: Using Medications Effectively?
Rather than telling clients why they should change, motivational interviewing encourages clinicians to do this.
What is helping the client identify their own reasons for change?