Illness Management and Recovery Scale – Client Self-Rating (IMR)

Progress towards personal goals: In the past 3 months, I have come up with... (1 = No personal goals; 2 = A personal goal, but have not done anything to finish my goal; 3 = A personal goal and made it a little way toward finishing it; 4 = A personal goal and have gotten pretty far in finishing my goal; 5 = A personal goal and have finished it)

Knowledge: How much do you feel like you know about symptoms, treatment, coping strategies (coping methods), and medication? (1 = Not very much; 2 = A little; 3 = Some; 4 = Quite a bit; 5 = A great deal)

Involvement of family and friends in my mental health treatment: How much are family members, friends, boyfriend/girlfriend, and other people who are important to you (outside your mental health agency) involved in your mental health treatment? (1 = Not at all; 2 = Only when there is a serious problem; 3 = Sometimes, like when things are starting to go badly; 4 = Much of the time; 5 = A lot of the time and they really help me with my mental health)

Contact with people outside of my family: In a normal week, how many times do you talk to someone outside of your family (like a friend, co-worker, classmate, roommate, etc.)? (1 = 0 times/week; 2 = 1-2 times/week; 3 = 3-4 times/week; 4 = 6-7 times/week; 5 = 8 or more times/week)

Time in Structured Roles: How much time do you spend working, volunteering, being a student, being a parent, taking care of someone else or someone else’s house or apartment? (1 = 2 hours or less/week; 2 = 3-5 hours/week; 3 = 6 to 15 hours/week; 4 = 16-30 hours/week; 5 = More than 30 hours/week)

Symptom distress: How much do your symptoms bother you? (1 = My symptoms really bother me a lot; 2 = My symptoms bother me quite a bit; 3 = My symptoms bother me somewhat; 4 = My symptoms bother me very little; 5 = My symptoms don’t bother me at all)

Impairment of functioning: How much do your symptoms get in the way of you doing things that you would like to or need to do? (1 = My symptoms really get in my way a lot; 2 = My symptoms get in my way quite a bit; 3 = My symptoms get in my way somewhat; 4 = My symptoms get in my way very little; 5 = My symptoms don’t get in my way at all)

Relapse Prevention Planning: Which of the following would best describe what you know and what you have done in order not to have a relapse? (1 = I don’t know how to prevent relapses; 2 = I know a little, but I haven’t made a relapse prevention plan; 3 = I know 1 or 2 things I can do, but I don’t have a written plan; 4 = I have several things that I can do, but I don’t have a written plan; 5 = I have a written plan that I have shared with others)

Relapse of Symptoms: When is the last time you had a relapse of symptoms (that is, when your symptoms have gotten much worse)? (1 = Within the last month; 2 = In the past 2 to 3 months; 3 = In the past 4 to 6 months; 4 = In the past 7 to 12 months; 5 = I haven’t had a relapse in the past year)

Psychiatric Hospitalizations: When is the last time you have been hospitalized for mental health or substance abuse reasons? (1 = Within the last month; 2 = In the past 2 to 3 months; 3 = In the past 4 to 6 months; 4 = In the past 7 to 12 months; 5 = I haven’t been hospitalized in the past year)

Coping: How well do feel like you are coping with your mental or emotional illness from day to day? (1 = Not well at all; 2 = Not very well; 3 = Alright; 4 = Well; 5 = Very well)

Involvement with self-help activities: How involved are you in consumer run services, peer support groups, Alcoholics Anonymous, drop-in centers, WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan), or other similar self-help programs? (1 = I don’t know about any self-help activities; 2 = I know about some self-help activities, but I’m not interested; 3 = I’m interested in self-help activities, but I have not participated in the past year; 4 = I participate in self-help activities occasionally; 5 = I participate in self-help activities regularly)

Using Medication Effectively: How often do you take your medication as prescribed? (Skip this question if your doctor has not prescribed medication for you). (1 = Never; 2 = Occasionally; 3 = About half the time; 4 = Most of the time; 5 = Every day)

Functioning affected by alcohol use: Over the past 3 months, how much did drinking get in the way of your functioning? (1 = Alcohol use really gets in my way a lot; 2 = Alcohol use gets in my way quite a bit; 3 = Alcohol use gets in my way somewhat; 4 = Alcohol use gets in my way very little; 5 = Alcohol use is not a factor in my functioning)

Functioning affected by drug use: Over the past 3 months, how much did drug use get in the way of your functioning? (1 = Drug use really gets in my way a lot; 2 = Drug use gets in my way quite a bit; 3 = Drug use gets in my way somewhat; 4 = Drug use gets in my way very little; 5 = Drug use is not a factor in my functioning)