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 increased stress
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 a 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 relapse?
True: identifying early warning signs can help predict relapse.
What is the thought or belief that someone doesn't have a problem?
Denial
What is 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.
What is anxiety?
feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
True or False: Relapse and symptoms will look the same for everyone?
False: Everyone's relapse and symptoms will be different.
What is the key to relapse prevention?
Understanding that it happens gradually, and to identify early warning sign triggers.
Name 3 coping skills people use to avoid mental health relapse
Music, walking, talking, exercise
Self-care is important to help reduce relapse symptoms, Name 3 self-care activities?
ADLs, exercise, talking to a support, healthy eating, hydrating, 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: Relapse can occur due to being overconfident, stress from life events, and unhealthy sleeping habits?
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 planning.
What is meditation?
This activity 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.
True or False: Being aware of your triggers and symptoms is important as a part of relapse prevention?
True
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 friends, media, etc.
Name 3 resources to get help if you feel like there is a risk for a mental health relapse.
What are family/friends/supports, therapist, treatment center, support groups, church?
You can go to one of these to be with others in recovery. This can help you to remember that you can get through this, and to get other people’s names and numbers to call in case of future cravings and urges. Try to get a positive person to be a temporary sponsor, and eventually try to get a long-term sponsor. Also to develop a positive social network of people to spend time with that don’t use or commit crimes.
What are self-help or support groups?
What is one outcome of relapse?
Jail, losing friends, losing family, going back into treatment
True or False: Other words for relapse are "dips", "clips" and "blips"?
False
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.