Illness Management and Recovery / IMR-A13-2
Substance Use and Mental Health — Practice worksheet
Map how a substance-use pattern and mental health concerns may interact, labeling uncertainty and questions for the team.
15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Casey notices difficulty remembering routines after some evenings and wants a nonjudgmental discussion.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. IMR-informed planning can address substance use and mental health together.
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
Map how a substance-use pattern and mental health concerns may interact, labeling uncertainty and questions for the team.
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 should be explored without jumping to a causal conclusion? 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 should be explored without jumping to a causal conclusion?
- 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.