Relapse prevention planning is not just for someone who is addicted to drugs or alcohol–it’s also a valuable tool for young adults or adolescents who struggle with mental health challenges. Relapse response planning identifies high-risk situations specific to each individual and defines health coping tools to help a child cleave to newly developed behaviors rather than slipping into relapse.
Relapse is a common problem for young adults or adolescents with mental health conditions. Sometimes, it is not practical to simply avoid situational triggers that lead to a relapse. In these cases, when life situations are inescapable, relapse prevention for young adults provides a:
We have found that mental health recovery and prevention is most successful when treated with a combination of our drug testing services paired with our proactive relapse prevention strategies.
