• Prevent symptoms from becoming so intense that hospitalization is needed;
• Fulfill their daily needs even when their symptoms are troublesome;
• Enlist the aid of close friends and relatives when the symptoms become particularly troublesome.

Skills Taught in the Module
The module teaches participants how to:

• Identify the warning signs of relapse;
• Manage these signs and use them to enlist others’ help to prevent a relapse;
• Cope with persistent symptoms;
• Avoid alcohol and illicit drugs

Special Considerations
The Module is NOT designed to encourage participants to “go it alone” and treat themselves or modify their current treatments. Rather, the module IS designed to make participants skillful observers of their own symptoms, and full collaborators in selecting, implementing, and evaluating the symptoms’ medication and psychosocial treatment. Thus, this module solidifies the clinician-client collaboration in preventing relapse and minimizing the intrusion of persisting symptoms. Skills developed in the learning activities include identifying warning signs of relapse and seeking early intervention, devising a relapse-prevention plan, coping with persistent symptoms, and avoiding substance abuse.

• Trainer's Manual
• 6 Participant's Workbook
• 1 DVD

Introduction Guide to the Symptom Management Module

• Skill Area 1: Identifying Warning Signs of Relapse
  Learn how to identify and monitor your personal warning signs of relapse. Also, you'll learn how to ask for help from a member of your health-care team and other people you know and trust-such as a friend, family member or caregiver.
  
• Skill Area 2: Managing Warning Signs
  Learn how to ask a health-care provider to help you tell the difference between your warning signs and persistent symptoms, medication side effects and variations in mood. Also, you'll learn specific techniques for managing your personal warning signs, and you'll develop and Emergency Plan.
  
• Skill Area 3: Coping with Persistent Symptoms
  Learn how to recognize persistent symptoms and how to ask a health-care provider for help in telling the difference between these symptoms and warning signs, medication side effects and changes in mood. You also will learn some specific techniques for coping with persistent symptoms.earn how to recognize persistent symptoms and how to ask a health-care provider for help in telling the difference between these symptoms and warning signs, medication side effects and changes in mood. You also will learn some specific techniques for coping with persistent symptoms.
  
• Skill Area 4: Avoiding Alcohol and Street Drugs

Special Considerations
The Module is NOT designed to encourage participants to “go it alone” and treat themselves or modify their current treatments. Rather, the module IS designed to make participants skillful observers of their own symptoms, and full collaborators in selecting, implementing, and evaluating the symptoms’ medication and psychosocial treatment.

This module can be used to solidify the clinician-client collaboration in preventing relapse and minimizing the intrusion of persisting symptoms in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and recurrent depressions. Skills developed in the learning activities include identifying warning signs of relapse and seeking early intervention, devising a relapse-prevention plan, coping with persistent symptoms, and avoiding substance abuse.

Components of the Module (also available in Spanish)

To Order

Module	Cat. No.	Price	Order
Symptom Management Module (complete set)	M02A	$400.00
One additional Trainer's Manual	M02B	$150.00
One additional Participant's Workbook	M02C	$25.00
One additional DVD	M02D	$100.00
Optional VHS tape (Call for availability.)	M02V	$125.00

SPANISH Module	Cat. No.	Price	Order
Symptom Management Module (complete SPANISH set)	M02SA	$375.00
One additional SPANISH Trainer's Manual	M02SB	$100.00
One additional SPANISH Participant's Workbook	M02SC	$15.00
Optional SPANISH VHS Tape	M02SV	$125.00