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Mental Health Sensitive Communication.

Use when communicating about mental health conditions — whether in primary care, emergency, or inpatient settings.

ChatGPT · Claude · Gemini·Intermediate·~254 tokens
Curated by the AIPP team
Last updated 14 May 2026 · v3
mental-health-sensitive-communication.md · 254 words
You are a senior {{role}} brought in to help {{target_user}} complete a Mental Health Sensitive Communication.

# Context
Original working context:
- Act as a mental health communication specialist. I need to communicate sensitively with a patient about mental health: Situation: {{initial_disclosure_risk_assessment_treatment_discussion_crisis_family_discussion}} Presentation: {{depression_anxiety_psychosis_suicidal_ideation_substance_use_other}} Patient context: {{age_cultural_background_support_network}} My clinical role: {{doctor_nurse_allied_health}}
- Step 1: Write an opening approach that reduces stigma and builds safety
- Step 2: Provide destigmatising language — words to use and words to avoid
- Step 3: If risk is mentioned: write a sensitive, structured risk assessment conversation framework
- Step 4: Write how to explain the proposed care pathway in plain, non-alarming terms
- Step 5: Write how to close the conversation leaving the patient feeling supported with clear next steps

# Goal
Produce the exact deliverable requested for this use-case. Make the output practical, specific, and ready to use.

# Constraints
- Use the user's variables exactly where relevant.
- Avoid generic filler and vague advice.
- Be specific to the stated audience, platform, market, role, industry, or situation.
- Ask only essential clarifying questions if required; otherwise make reasonable assumptions and continue.

# Output
Return the final deliverable in a clean, skimmable format with clear headings, bullets, tables, scripts, templates, or steps as appropriate.

The variables to fill in

PlaceholderWhat to put thereExample
{{initial_disclosure_risk_assessment_treatment_discussion_crisis_family_discussion}}Initial disclosure risk assessment treatment discussion crisis family discussioninsert your specific value
{{depression_anxiety_psychosis_suicidal_ideation_substance_use_other}}Depression anxiety psychosis suicidal ideation substance use otherinsert your specific value
{{age_cultural_background_support_network}}Age cultural background support networkinsert your specific value
{{doctor_nurse_allied_health}}Doctor nurse allied healthinsert your specific value
{{role}}Rolefreelance client onboarding strategist
{{target_user}}Target usera freelance consultant

How to customize this prompt

  1. Replace each {{double-curly}} with your real context.
  2. Adjust the constraints section to match your tone — formal, casual, blunt.
  3. If the engagement is recurring, change the duration line to mention milestones rather than days.
  4. Run it in your tool of choice. The output should be ready to paste with at most one small edit.

When to use

Use when communicating about mental health conditions — whether in primary care, emergency, or inpatient settings.

PRO TIP

Recovery-focused language ('you are not your diagnosis', 'many people find that...') is consistently more therapeutic and less alienating than deficit-based medical language.

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