relapse prevention
Stopping setback strategies
Relapse prevention is a set of strategies for maintaining recovery from addiction or other behavioral disorders.
The approach identifies triggers and high-risk situations that could lead to returning to problematic behavior: Her relapse prevention plan included avoiding old drinking buddies.
The term appears in therapy, twelve-step programs, and clinical treatment contexts.
- triggersCauses or activates
- slippery slopeArgument predicting inevitable escalation
- sobrietyUnimpaired mental state
- clean timeDuration of abstinence
- high-riskInvolving significant danger
counseling · rehabilitation · cognitive-behavioral therapy · stress management · coping mechanisms · support groups · contingency planning · warning · safety plan · self-efficacy · crisis hotlines · dry drunk · goal setting · emotional regulation · family involvement · abstinence · one day at a time · peer support groups
- Recovery ProgramsAA, Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, twelve steps, higher power
- therapypsychotherapy, therapist, session, counselor, group therapy
- recoveryrecovery, sobriety, rehab, recover, recovery room
- addictionaddiction, drug addiction, substance abuse, drug dependence, substance dependency
- substance abuseaddiction, abuse, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, substance use
- addiction servicesrehab, detox, naloxone, Narcan, methadone
relapse preventioncrisis intervention
Help during acute emergencies
acute care · emergency response · crisis management · emergency treatment · crisis response