Clinical Pathways Resource Guide - CEIC

Relapse Prevention and COD
�� Relapse education should be provided and related to the
individual’s individual s mental disorder. The latter is particularly
important because the pattern typically followed by clients
with COD begins with an increase in substance use
leading to lowered efficacy or discontinuation of
psychiatric medication, or missed counseling sessions.
�� As a consequence, psychiatric symptoms reappear or
worsen, the client’s client s tendency to self-medicate self medicate through
substance use is exacerbated, and the downward spiral is
perpetuated.
Adapted from Substance Abuse Treatment for Persons With Co-Occurring Disorders, TIP 42
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