Illness Management and Recovery / IMR-A17-1
Navigating Services — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind navigating services and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Casey is unsure which service handles a referral.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Knowing roles and routes can reduce the burden of seeking help.
The idea
Knowing roles and routes can reduce the burden of seeking help.
An ordinary example
Casey is unsure which service handles a referral.
What this can look like
Create a map of providers, peer services, scheduling contacts, and questions about eligibility or cost.
Check the fit
Who can clarify the next step without making you tell the whole story again? You may disagree with the framing, use fiction, or decide that this approach is not useful today.
A useful distinction
A personal recovery goal and a symptom-management strategy serve related but different purposes; the person defines what a meaningful life includes.
Prompts for this resource
- What part of this idea makes sense to me?
- Who can clarify the next step without making you tell the whole story again?
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.