Recovery-Oriented Language
Clinical Terms - Recovery Language
Decompensated - Not doing well
Manipulative - Getting needs met, strategic
Non-Compliant - Doesn’t want to
High functioning - Doing well
Low functioning - Having difficulty
He’s a schizophrenic - He’s a person with schizophrenia
Mentally ill - Has a mental health challenge, has lived mental health experience
Unmotivated - Doesn’t want to
Client, patient - Name, person I work with
Chronic - In recovery
Delusional - Sees or hears things that others don’t
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