In the maintenance and relapse stages, what is a typical intervention?

• A. Avoid different environments
• B. Evaluate triggers
• C. Be supportive and encourage
• D. Increase medications

Answer: (B)

Relapse prevention hinges on identifying and evaluating triggers. In maintenance and when a relapse risk exists, the goal is to understand what prompts a return to old habits or symptoms so you can plan how to handle those moments before they derail progress. By evaluating triggers—such as stressful situations, specific environments, social pressures, or emotional states—you can tailor coping strategies, adjust supports, and create concrete plans to stay on track. This proactive focus helps sustain the positive change and reduces the likelihood that a lapse turns into a full relapse.

Other options are less precise: simply avoiding different environments isn’t always practical or enough to protect against relapse; being supportive is important but doesn’t directly reduce risk on its own; increasing medications isn’t typically the chosen method for relapse prevention in behavioral changes and isn’t addressing the underlying triggers.