Illness Management and Recovery / IMR-A05-2
Medication Benefits and Concerns — Practice worksheet
Prepare a benefits, side effects, access, and follow-up discussion sheet for a prescriber.
15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Casey wants to discuss daytime tiredness before making any change.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Medication learning supports shared decisions rather than independent dose changes.
1. Choose a workable example
Use the fictional example below or an ordinary situation of your choosing. Keep identifying details out of shared copies.
2. Try the practice
Prepare a benefits, side effects, access, and follow-up discussion sheet for a prescriber.
3. Compare possibilities
Generate at least two interpretations or options. Mark what you know, what you are guessing, and what remains outside your control.
4. Decide together
What information will help the prescriber understand your experience? Choose one small action, a support request, or no action. Review the fit with your clinician when relevant.
Prompts for this resource
- My chosen or fictional situation, and what I know about it:
- My response to the practice task above:
- What information will help the prescriber understand your experience?
- An optional next step, support, adaptation, or reason to stop:
Conceptual background
Illness Management and Recovery Evidence-Based Practices KIT — SAMHSA
Background on the approach only. Original exercises and wording are by More Than Therapy with AI assistance; the source does not validate or endorse these materials.