Mental Health Series Part 3 - Recovery Mindset

In Part 3 of the Mental Health Series, Dr. Brown talks more in-depth about how you can help your child through mental health illness with real, actionable ideas. 

Mindset for recovery – the parent’s mindset

1. Fight guilt/self-condemnation
2. Help your child fight self-condemnation – best mindset is that this is not my fault, but I can take responsibility for recovery
3. Communicate with your child’s therapist demand explanation

• learn the therapeutic intervention

    4. Relapse prevention

• Situations – ongoing stressors
• Events – stressful one-time events
• People
• Places
• Thoughts
• Feelings
• Behaviors

CDC website pages about suicide: https://www.cdc.gov/suicide/factors/index.html

National Alliance on Mental Illness: https://www.nami.org/home

Marlatt, G.A. & Gordon, J. R. (1985). Relapse Prevention: Maintenance Strategies in the Treatment of

Addictive Behaviors. The Guilford Press. 558 pages.