Illness Management and Recovery / IMR-A18-1
Advocacy and Shared Decisions — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind advocacy and shared decisions and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Casey wants a personal goal included in a treatment review.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. A person's expertise about their life belongs in care planning.
The idea
A person's expertise about their life belongs in care planning.
An ordinary example
Casey wants a personal goal included in a treatment review.
What this can look like
Prepare a meeting agenda with one priority, one concern, one question, and one request for a shared decision.
Check the fit
What would show that your preference influenced the plan? 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?
- What would show that your preference influenced the plan?
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.