Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) is a facilitated peer group program designed to support individuals who want to improve their wellness that can be applied to a range of areas individuals want to change, including mental health or substance use recovery.
WRAP aims to teach individuals how to:
- use recovery concepts such as hope, personal responsibility, education, self-advocacy, and support in their daily lives;
- identify activities and strategies that help them maintain wellness (i.e., wellness tools); and
- create plans with strategies for responding to and recovering from crises.
Trained WRAP facilitators deliver WRAP in groups. Session topics include an introduction to key concepts and ground rules, identifying personalized wellness strategies to combat negative feelings, developing a daily maintenance plan to enhance mental health, identifying early warning signs for recurrence of unwanted symptoms and targeted coping strategies, and developing a detailed crisis plan and post-crisis support plan.
The Prevention Services Clearinghouse’s independent systematic review of WRAP found that at least one study carried out in a usual care or practice setting achieved a rating of moderate or high on design and execution and demonstrated a sustained favorable effect of at least 6 months beyond the end of treatment on at least one target outcome.