Substance use recovery / SUR-A10-1
Overdose Prevention Support Map — Concept brief
Understand the idea behind overdose prevention support map and consider whether it fits your context.
8 minutes · Handout · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Jordan asks a service to explain its overdose-prevention resources.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. A written plan supports discussion but is not emergency training.
The idea
A written plan supports discussion but is not emergency training.
An ordinary example
Jordan asks a service to explain its overdose-prevention resources.
What this can look like
Identify who can provide overdose-prevention education, where approved supplies may be available, and how to seek emergency help; do not rehearse substance use.
Check the fit
Who can help turn this outline into an individualized safety plan? You may disagree with the framing, use fiction, or decide that this approach is not useful today.
A useful distinction
A return to use is information for reassessing care and support, not a verdict on personal worth.
Prompts for this resource
- What part of this idea makes sense to me?
- Who can help turn this outline into an individualized safety plan?
Conceptual background
Substance Use Disorders — National Institutes of Health
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.