TABLE 2.
Module Title | Module Topics | |
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1 | Recovery Strategies | Defining recovery and learning what helps in the recovery process; exploring areas of life client wants to improve; identifying personal recovery goal; breaking down goal and taking the first step toward achieving it; following up on goals and solving problems |
2 | Practical Facts about Mental Illnessa | Understanding the disorder and its diagnosis; learning what happens after people develop symptoms; taking positive steps to manage the disorder; dealing with negative attitudes and beliefs about mental illnesses (stigma) |
3 | The Stress Vulnerability Model | Understanding the causes of mental illness; learning what improves symptoms and reduces relapses; understanding treatment options; reducing relapses |
4 | Building Social Support | Recognizing the importance of social support; connecting with people; having enjoyable conversations; sharing personal information; understanding other people; developing closer relationships |
5 | Using Medication Effectively | Learning about the role of medication in managing symptoms; recognizing and responding to side effects; making informed decisions; getting the best results from medication |
6 | Drug and Alcohol Use | Identifying common reasons people use alcohol and drugs; recognizing the problems that alcohol and drugs can cause; weighing the pros and cons of sobriety; identifying personal reasons for sobriety and planning for high-risk situations; finding new ways of getting needs met; making a personal sobriety plan |
7 | Reducing Relapses | Identifying triggers of relapse; recognizing and monitoring early warning signs of relapse; developing a relapse prevention plan; putting the relapse prevention plan into practice |
8 | Coping with Stress | Learning what causes stress; identifying the signs of stress; prevention and coping with stress; using relaxation techniques; making a plan for preventing and coping with stress |
9 | Coping with Persistent Symptoms | Identifying persistent symptoms; coping with depression; coping with anxiety; coping with hallucinations and coping with delusions (false beliefs); coping with sleep problems, low stamina, and low energy; coping with angry feelings and concentration problems; making a plan for continuing to use coping strategies |
10 | Getting Your Needs Met in the Mental Health System | Overview of community mental health services; financial and health benefits; advocating for yourself in the mental health system |
11 | Healthy Lifestyles | Diet, part I; diet, part II; exercise; personal hygiene; sleep |
Specific handouts available for schizophrenia (2A), schizoaffective (2B), bipolar disorder (2C), major depression (2D), and multiple diagnoses (used in groups; 2E)