Bachelor of Community Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs

Bachelor of Community Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs
Year 2, Semester 1, 2019
Mental Health Practice B
HE-BCHT103
Assessment Task 2: Case Study – Wellness Recovery Support Plan
Student name-
Student No.

Bachelor of Community Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs – Year 2, Semester 1 – 2019
HE-BCHT103 Mental Health Practice B
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Case study summary
Darren is a 19 years old Australian boy, born in Australia to Australian parents. He experienced
problems in meeting the requirements of attendance and other TAFE course work related
programs and discontinued his high school studies. Darren suffered from depression and anxiety
and was prescribed was prescribed antidepressants. His behaviour has become aggressive and
threatening to his mother and siblings. When Darren was just 13, his father, who was an alcoholic,
left home and has had limited contact with the family ever since. Darren’s father has been unable
to support his family financially and has not been able to spare time for his kids. Darren has
indulged in late night activities and spends most of his day sleeping. Moreover, Darren does not
have a stable relation with his high school friend, David. Darren’s mother is suspicious of her son,
Darren to be involved in a sexual relation with David. However, when she tries to discuss with
Darren about this, he behaves aggressively and declines to discuss about the matter. His mother is
suspicious that Darren does drugs and other substance abuse as his mood swings between
extremes. Sometimes Darren seems to be full of energy and outgoing while at other times he
seems to be dull and irritable. His mother is perturbed by his threatening behaviours and for the
safety of her other children, she is exploring the option of shifting Darren from her house.
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Bachelor of Community Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs – Year 2, Semester 1 – 2019
HE-BCHT103 Mental Health Practice B
MAPPING YOUR RECOVERY JOURNEY
GETTING STARTED – THE ME TODAY MAP
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Relationships
 Mother
 Younger brother
 Younger Sister
Relationship with all of
them is spoiled.
Interests
 Lacking: no activity
seems to be joyful.
Health
 Suffering from
depression and anxiety.
 Under medication:
antidepressants
What do I want?
 Healthy relationship
with mother and
younger brother and
sister.
 Healthy body and mind
Me Today
Emotions
 Unpredictable
 Anger
Work
 Irregular
 Problems coping up
with courses.

Bachelor of Community Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs – Year 2, Semester 1 – 2019
HE-BCHT103 Mental Health Practice B
GETTING STARTED – ASSESSING YOUR STRENGTHS
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What are your
strengths?
Social Relationships
Friends
Emotions/Temperament
None
Values and Beliefs
None
Problem Solving/Coping
None
Health and Physical
None
Work and Skills
None

Bachelor of Community Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs – Year 2, Semester 1 – 2019
HE-BCHT103 Mental Health Practice B
RECOVERY PLANNING – WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES
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Summarise the Problem Goals for tackling this problem
Education Low attendance and difficulty coping
up with related work
Consulting Recovery Champion
Problem Area
Relationships
Health
Difficult relationship with Mother and
younger brother and sister
Anxiety and depression, physical
weakness
Resolving communication gap
Regular medication, consulting GP
Emotions Emotional outbursts, anger Practicing emotional control

Bachelor of Community Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs – Year 2, Semester 1 – 2019
HE-BCHT103 Mental Health Practice B
RECOVERY PLANNING – SETTING A GOAL - 1
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Helpful people & useful thoughts
Mother
Recovery Champion
Completing education will enable me to
become financially self-dependent and
socially responsible.
Strengths you have or need
Regularity
Specific Actions
Consulting Recovery Champion
When
May 2019, Week 3
Possible Problems
Depression
Anxiety
Solutions
Medication
Recovery Champion
Goal
Completing
Education

Bachelor of Community Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs – Year 2, Semester 1 – 2019
HE-BCHT103 Mental Health Practice B
RECOVERY PLANNING – SETTING A GOAL - 2
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Helpful people & useful thoughts
Recovery Champion
Strengthening my bonds with Mother
and brother and sister will give me
strength to cope with depression and
other related anxieties.
Strengths you have or need
Ability to communicate
Patience
Possible Problems
Anger
Emotional outbursts
Solutions
Recovery Champion
Patience
Recovery Champion
Goal
Healthy
relationships
Specific Actions
Resolving communication gap
When
May, 2019 Week 4

Bachelor of Community Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs – Year 2, Semester 1 – 2019
HE-BCHT103 Mental Health Practice B
RECOVERY PLANNING – SETTING A GOAL - 3
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Helpful people & useful thoughts
Recovery Champion
GP
Strengths you have or need
Reguarity
Possible Problems
Relapse
Solutions
Recovery Champion
Goal
Better
Health
Specific Actions
Regular medication, consulting GP
When
May, 2019 Week 4

Bachelor of Community Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs – Year 2, Semester 1 – 2019
HE-BCHT103 Mental Health Practice B
RECOVERY PLANNING – SETTING A GOAL - 4
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Helpful people & useful thoughts
Family
Recovery Champion
Strengths you have or need
Patience
Awareness
Specific Actions
Practicing emotional control
When
Possible Problems
Outburst
Solutions
Recovery Champion
Goal
Emotional
Control

Bachelor of Community Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs – Year 2, Semester 1 – 2019
HE-BCHT103 Mental Health Practice B
BUILDING YOUR MOTIVATION – STAYING THE SAME OR CHANGING?
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Advantage
None
Disadvantage
 Losing family
 Losing friends
 Health issues
 Mental issues
Advantage
 Strong family
bonds
 Healthy body
and mind
 Better social
status
Disadvantage
None
Continuing to as before Making a change to my life

Bachelor of Community Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs – Year 2, Semester 1 – 2019
HE-BCHT103 Mental Health Practice B
BUILDING MOTIVATION – PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE
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Where I am now? Where would I like to be in 5
years time?
On the verge of losing family,
friends and sanity.
Deteriorating health, both physical
and mental.
Better health
Better relations with family and
friends
Doing job and earning money
Better social status

Bachelor of Community Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs – Year 2, Semester 1 – 2019
HE-BCHT103 Mental Health Practice B
COPING AND SELF-ESTEEM – ASSERTIVENESS
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What have I learned from this?
Being emotional and not being able to express them appropriately spoils
relationships. It is healthy to explain the emotions that one may be felling
rather than expressing them voilently.
What could I do differently next time?
Express my emotions in a calm way and letting mom know that her
doubting so hurts me.
How intense
was that
emotion?
( 90/100)
What were your thoughts at the time?
How could she even doubt so? I felt disgusted and disheartened.
What emotions were you feeling?
Anger and disgust.
What happened?
Mother asked about my
relationship with David. She
expressed her doubts of us
being sexually involved.
Situation where I didn’t behave assertively
Discussion with Mother regarding David

Bachelor of Community Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs – Year 2, Semester 1 – 2019
HE-BCHT103 Mental Health Practice B
COPING AND SELF-ESTEEM – BUILDING SELF-ESTEEM
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Things I can say back
to my inner critic:
Everyone goes through a
tough time; I am not the
only one.
I may have failed on a
couple of occasions but
this does not make me a
failure.
Who can I talk to for support?
Mom
Family
Friends
Recovery Champion
What are my strengths
and achievements?
Recovery Champion
Family
Ability to communicate
Ways I can look after
myself:
Healthy diet
Exercise
Spending time with
family and friends
Things I can do to treat myself when I’m
feeling down:
Exercise
Talk to family and friends
Things I can do to
improve my self-
esteem

Bachelor of Community Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs – Year 2, Semester 1 – 2019
HE-BCHT103 Mental Health Practice B
AVOIDING RELAPSE – EXPLORING YOUR DRUG AND/OR ALCOHOL USE
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EXPLORE YOUR DRUG
AND/OR ALCOHOL USE
What did you use?
Alcohol and drugs
How much did you use?
Significant amount
How long did you use for?
Three years
EXTERNAL FACTORS
Who was with you?
David
Where were you?
Parties
When did you use?
With friends
INTERNAL FACTORS
What were you thinking about before you
started?
Stressed relations with family
Father
What were you feeling physically?
Tired
What were you feeling emotionally?
Aggitated

Bachelor of Community Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs – Year 2, Semester 1 – 2019
HE-BCHT103 Mental Health Practice B
MANAGING CRAVINGS
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How can I deal with my cravings?
Understanding the harmful effects
THINGS I CAN TELL
MYSELF
The harmful effects on
health and mind
Alter behaviour that can
soil my relations with
family and friends
Cravings are temporary
WAYS OF DISTRACTING
MYSELF
Exercises
Recovery Champion
WAYS OF RELAXING
MYSELF
Exercises
Quality time with family
and friends

Bachelor of Community Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs – Year 2, Semester 1 – 2019
HE-BCHT103 Mental Health Practice B
RELAPSE PREVENTION – MANAGING A LAPSE
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How can I avoid
them?
Being aware
Avoiding
situations when
these can
happen
How can I avoid
them?
Avoid people
Avoid places
INTERNAL
Urge
EXTERNAL
Friends
Parties/
pubs
CRAVINGS
How do they feel?
Urge and as a strong desire
to experience the pleasure
LAPSE
Is natural
It is not the end
How can I cope
with cravings?
Distract myself
Discuss with
recovery
champion
What do I do if I
lapse?
Admit it
Start over
Check and avoid
the situations
that caused so

Bachelor of Community Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs – Year 2, Semester 1 – 2019
HE-BCHT103 Mental Health Practice B
BUILDING A RECOVERY FUTURE – SOCIAL NETWORKS AND SUPPORT
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PEOPLE WHO ARE
IMPORTANT TO YOU
What makes this
person important to
me?
How will this person
support my recovery
journey?
She is my mother and
she cares for me
unconditionally
She understands me
emotionally
Mom
YOUR PEER
NETWORK
Unconditional love More than being a
brother, he can be a
friend and provide
me a healthy
company
Younger Brother
Unconditional love More than being a
sister, she can be a
friend and provide
me a healthy
company
Younger Sister
Empathic
Understanding
Constant companion
and guide to keep me
on track.
Recovery
Champion

Bachelor of Community Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs – Year 2, Semester 1 – 2019
HE-BCHT103 Mental Health Practice B
BUILDING A RECOVERY FUTURE – ENGAGING WITH MUTUAL AID AND
COMMUNITY GROUPS
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Local recovery
groups
What are the groups?
Alcoholics Anonymous
Narcotics Anonymous
Cocaine Anonymous
SMART
What are your experiences?
Being in a group has been a positive
experience
It provides the peer- support that is
important for preventing relapse
Who do you know that
goes?
None
What could you get out of it?
Learn from others experience to prevent
relapse.
Keep myself distracted from substances
Improve my self-esteem by contributing
positively to society.
What do they do?
Voluntary activities like
participation in environment
protection, fishing,
community services etc.
Why do people go?
To keep themselves engaged and
occupied and therefore keep themselves
distracted from substances.
To learn from the experience of others who
have been suffering similarly

Bachelor of Community Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs – Year 2, Semester 1 – 2019
HE-BCHT103 Mental Health Practice B
PLANNING YOUR LONG-TERM RECOVERY FUTURE
Best, D. Recovery Mentor’s Companion Guide. Welsh Government.
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Strengths you need
to have
Patience
Planning
Intercommunication
skills
Possible problems
Depression
Anxiety
Low self-esteem
Solutions and strengths I have to
build upon
Patience
Healthy habits
Being a part of a Group
My Next Goal
Be a better human being
Contribute to society
Helpful people
and useful
thoughts
Family
Recovery
Champion
Groups
Friends
What I am going to do to achieve this goal
Learn daily, contribute to groups through active
involvement
When?
In the next three years,
2019- 2021