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Power Point Slides. MI Recovery Week One. WHAT THE PROGRAM HAS TO OFFER. What the Program Has To Offer. What is expected of participants. Participation Step outside of your comfort zone sometimes Commitment Work together Being on time Regular attendance Confidentiality.

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  1. Power Point Slides

  2. MI Recovery Week One WHAT THE PROGRAM HAS TO OFFER

  3. What the Program Has To Offer

  4. What is expected of participants • Participation • Step outside of your comfort zone sometimes • Commitment • Work together • Being on time • Regular attendance • Confidentiality

  5. What is mental illness? What is Mental Illness? • Mental illness is an illness of the brain that affects a person’s mood, thoughts, behavior and perception.

  6. Science and Mental Illness • Over half of what we know about the brain in relation to mental illness has been discovered by scientists in the last 10 years. • New imaging technology (X-ray’s) allow the brain to be looked at whilst the person is experiencing mental illness whereas before we relied on information found in the brain after a person had died. • Research shows that physical changes commonly occur within the brain in mental illness. •  The pathways in the brain that are responsible for feeling emotions and interpreting information are affected. • Brain research has improved medications and other physical treatments and will continue to do this in the future. • For different mental illnesses, different aspects of the brain are affected.

  7. The main mental illnesses and disorders experienced by Australians are (in order of frequency) • Mood disorders – such as depression, dysthymia, mania, hyperactivity, and bipolar affective disorder • Anxiety disorders – such as panic disorder, agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder • Disorders caused by alcohol and drug use • Psychotic illnesses – including schizophrenia and personality disorders.

  8. Causes of mental illness • The Biopsychosocial theory helps us understand what causes any form of illness, specifically in regards to mental illness. • It gives us a way of understanding how: • the causes, • the symptoms, • and treatments, are linked. • “The biopsychosocial theory is a great tool for taking control of our illness and planning our recovery.”

  9. Biopsychosocial causes The diagram shows three aspects of ourselves that can be vulnerable to mental illness. Biological • Biological aspect – How the brain chemicals affect our thinking and behaviour • Social aspect – How we interact with others and our environment • Psychological aspect – The way we think about things Psychological Social Disruptive experiences, in each of these areas can bring about distress, which in turn can cause symptoms of mental illness. Of course, all these aspects of ourselves and our lives are connected and interact with each other and can spiral into further experiences of distress.

  10. Causes of mental illness Biological • Chemical imbalance • Neurodevelopmental factors • Birth complications • Drugs – prescription and elicit • Injury Social • Psychological • Family conflicts • Major life events • School/Work/Social problems • Low social supports • Rejection by others • Drug illicit taking • Poverty • Loneliness • Poor social and coping skills • Poor communication skills • Trauma

  11. Treatment of mental illness Biological • Medication • Electric convulsive treatment (ECT) • Exercise and diet Social • Psychological • Support from family/ friends/ school/ employer • Improved environment • Increased social connection • Meaningful occupation/ education/ volunteering/ employment • Improved life skills • Financial security • Talking therapies • Communication skills • Coping skills

  12. What is Recovery? Recovery does not mean that one is ‘cured’ nor does it mean that one is simply stabilized or maintained in the community. Recovery often involves a transformation of the self wherein one both accepts one’s limitations and discovers a new world of possibility.

  13. Factors That Assist Recovery Extensive research has identified nine key factors that promote recovery from mental illness. Basically, it comes down to having the best resources in place to manage the biological and psychological aspects of mental illness and to maintain social connection and purpose. • Acceptance of illness • Hope and Courage • Managing symptoms • Education • Reconstructing identity and purpose • Supporting others • Choice, responsibility, control and empowerment • Meaningful activity • Advocacy

  14. MI Recovery Week Two Reframing my Whole SelF and Understanding Stigma

  15. “Having bi-polar disorder messed my life up. When I was really sick I didn’t know who I was or what I wanted to get out of life. I started to doubt whether I could ever be ‘myself’ and have a normal life again?”

  16. There are different ways we can look at things

  17. - There is more to me than my illness and I need to learn how to value my whole self. • - Society, families and the individual can work together and support me in doing this. - Our stories and relationships change when we learn to value our whole self. - (Russell)

  18. MI Recovery Week Three TREATING MYSELF

  19. Personal Treatment Enjoyable and healthy activities that I do for myself, that decrease stress and symptoms, help my moods, and help me manage the things that trigger my symptoms.

  20. “My bi-polar triggers include sleep deprivation, jet-lag, hormonal fluctuations and change of seasons” (Russell: 38)

  21. Research-Based Personal Medicine Lifestyle Strategies Sleep:Adequate sleep every night has a positive impact on your mood and energy. Poor sleep patterns can trigger symptoms. If you have trouble sleeping talk to your doctor, but try the following first: • Avoid coffee, coke, tea and chocolate as they can keep you awake • Wind down for a period before sleep time, doing quiet activities like reading, or a hot bath • If you cant sleep get up after 30 minutes in bed and do something relaxing for a while (not TV) • Avoid daytime naps • Make your bedroom dark, quiet and comfortable.

  22. Research-Based Personal Medicine Lifestyle Strategies Reduce Drugs and Alcohol: Reduce or eliminate alcohol and illicit drug intake. These interfere with brain chemicals and prescription medicines. Alcohol is a depressant. Brain-food: Exercise your brain: Read books and newspapers as an alternative to TV. Escape to the library. Find out more about your diagnosis. Other People: Check in with people about your mental health: doctors, family, friends. Ask them if they think you’re travelling okay. Have they noticed any changes? Can they help you keep up your personal medicine strategies? Exercise: Regular exercise can lift your spirits, reduce stress, and produces natural endorphins (happy brain chemicals). Exercise can be as easy as walking the dog, riding a bike to the supermarket, swimming or throwing a ball with a friend.

  23. Research-Based Personal Medicine Lifestyle Strategies • Diet: Eating well can help your moods and minimise weight gain: • Healthy food: eat more fruit and vegies than meats and sweets • Keep away from food with artificial colors , flavours, fats and sugars, and fast foods. Creative pursuits: What do you like doing that you’re good at or want to improve? Cooking, writing, knitting, craft, woodworking, painting, music? Being: Take time out to ‘just be’, so that you can reflect positively on your life and manage stress. Try meditation, relaxation exercises, spiritual pursuits, breathing exercises, walking at sun-up or sun-down.

  24. MI Recovery Week Four planning for recovery

  25. Stages of Change and Recovery Model RELAPSE RELAPSE UNWELL PRE-CONTEMPLATING WHAT MOVES US ON THINKING ABOUT GETTING BETTER CONTEMPLATING MAINTENANCE AND WELLNESS MAINTENANCE DOING THINGS THAT HELP ACTION DECIDING TO GET BETTER AND PREPARING DETERMINED/ PREPARED

  26. Stages of Change and Recovery Model ‘Unwell’ stage UNWELL PRE-CONTEMPLATING RELAPSE RELAPSE WHAT MOVES US ON MAINTENANCE AND WELLNESS MAINTENANCE THINKING ABOUT GETTING BETTER CONTEMPLATING DOING THINGS THAT HELP ACTION DECIDING TO GET BETTER AND PREPARING DETERMINED/ PREPARED

  27. Stages of Change and Recovery Model ‘Thinking about getting better’ stage UNWELL PRE-CONTEMPLATING RELAPSE RELAPSE THINKING ABOUT GETTING BETTER CONTEMPLATING WHAT MOVES US ON MAINTENANCE AND WELLNESS MAINTENANCE DOING THINGS THAT HELP ACTION DECIDING TO GET BETTER AND PREPARING DETERMINED/ PREPARED

  28. Stages of Change and Recovery Model ‘Deciding to get better and preparing’ stage RELAPSE RELAPSE UNWELL PRE-CONTEMPLATING WHAT MOVES US ON THINKING ABOUT GETTING BETTER CONTEMPLATING MAINTENANCE AND WELLNESS MAINTENANCE DECIDING TO GET BETTER AND PREPARING DETERMINED/ PREPARED DOING THINGS THAT HELP ACTION

  29. Stages of Change and Recovery Model ‘Doing things that help’ stage RELAPSE RELAPSE UNWELL PRE-CONTEMPLATING WHAT MOVES US ON THINKING ABOUT GETTING BETTER CONTEMPLATING MAINTENANCE AND WELLNESS MAINTENANCE DOING THINGS THAT HELP ACTION DECIDING TO GET BETTER AND PREPARING DETERMINED/ PREPARED

  30. Stages of Change and Recovery Model ‘Maintenance and wellness’ stage RELAPSE RELAPSE UNWELL PRE-CONTEMPLATING MAINTENANCE AND WELLNESS MAINTENANCE WHAT MOVES US ON THINKING ABOUT GETTING BETTER CONTEMPLATING DECIDING TO GET BETTER AND PREPARING DETERMINED/ PREPARED DOING THINGS THAT HELP ACTION

  31. Stages of Change and Recovery Model ‘Relapse’ stage RELAPSE RELAPSE UNWELL PRE-CONTEMPLATING THINKING ABOUT GETTING BETTER CONTEMPLATING WHAT MOVES US ON MAINTENANCE AND WELLNESS MAINTENANCE DECIDING TO GET BETTER AND PREPARING DETERMINED/ PREPARED DOING THINGS THAT HELP ACTION

  32. Planning for Recovery Method 1. Understanding the aspects and triggers of your illness Biological Psychological Social

  33. (Planning for Recovery Method) 2. Recovery Factors - Consider how you can include “Recovery Factors” in your plan. How can we draw on the experiences of those that have travelled the recovery journey before us to assist our planning Acceptance of illness Hope and Courage Managing symptoms Education Reconstructing identity and purpose Supporting others Choice, responsibility, control and empowerment Meaningful activity Advocacy

  34. (Planning for Recovery Method) 3. Reflect on the best use of your resources We already have many internal resources we can harness to assist our recovery journey, eg. strength, willpower, sense of purpose, personal experience. We can also draw upon the resources that are external to us or that others can share with us. These can give us additional support on our journey

  35. (Planning for Recovery Method)4. Develop strategies than can help you manage all aspects of illness Whatstrategies assist us with our symptom management

  36. Recovery Action Planning Within recovery action planning we use a cycle of reflection, planning, action and review. It looks like this - Review Reflection Planning Action

  37. Personal Recovery Action Planning 1. What biopsychosocial aspects and triggers of my illness do I need to address? 2. Which research based recovery factors will I include and what activities will I use to address these? 3. How can I best use my internal and external resources (eg, strength willpower, sense of purpose, friends, community resources) 4. What strategies and lifestyle changes can I put in place to help manage biopsychosocial aspects of my illness (include steps required to achieve and by when or how often.)

  38. MI Recovery Week Five WORKING WITH RELAPSE

  39. Relapse Prevention involves: • Including personal medicine in my daily or weekly life • Being aware of what causes me stress • Maintaining a healthy lifestyle • Recognising my early warning signs • Responding to early warning signs

  40. The three P’s P athway to support: Knowing who you can call at any time of the day or night, and having phone numbers ready. Noneof us is an island and we all need a little help from our friends. rofessional interventions: This may mean increased involvement of your key worker, temporarily increasing your medication under supervision (or for psychotic illnesses or bi-polar you may require ‘emergency’ medications), or using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy – this can help for low level delusional thoughts ersonal Medicine: It’s time to employ the coping strategies that you’ve used in the past and to increase your dosage of personal medicine. Less stress, regular sleep, good diet and other lifestyle factors are essential to avoiding relapse! P P

  41. MI Recovery Week Six Communication skills and strategies

  42. Medical and other supportive professionals “The best professionals walked alongside me,…sharing and supporting my inner search for meaning and understanding of self in relation to illness” Simon Champ (1999)

  43. Medical and other supportive professionals Be Informed Equip yourself with: -   information about the service and its approach, what it can provide, and what your rights are. -   information about treatment options. The more you know, the more empowered you will be to get the treatment that works for you. Create a partnership Your doctor should : -        respect your wishes and value your input -        know your hopes and expectations -        provide the information you require -        help you identify options You should: -        communicate the facts clearly and ask questions, -        keep appointments at regular intervals to monitor your health.

  44. Medical and other supportive professionals Keep your own records - Keep a file of information about your treatment: medications you’vetaken, side effects, sleep patterns, symptoms, and other information that you think relates to your treatment plan. - Offer information that’s relevant to your treating professional. Plan ahead - Plan (write down) your questions and what you want to say to the doctor. - Plan what information you need to tell your doctor.

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