Getting well is often the easy part - the true art that we want to share is that of Staying well.

Some degree of "(mental) health monitoring" is likely to be a part of any good maintenance plan - just as the brushing of teeth is part of everyday dental health maintenance.

An example of a web-based mental health monitoring system that encourages a degree of "networking" to buddies/relatives who can share a response plan is the freely-available MoodScope.

The worker, young person and trusted others (such as family) may need to sit down together and define:

• What would make useful measures of wellness?
• Moodscope scores (see above)
• the young person turning up to commitments, like college?
• Are they using substances in harmful ways at present?
• Are they sleeping OK?
• Etc...

• Who should check these measures and when?
• The aim is for such checking to be perceived as Careful and concerned CURIOSITY, not prurient prying, or punitive policing...

• What should the drill be if a measure indicates that all is not well?
• See Relapse prevention
• See Crisis Contingency Planning.