Mental Health and Addictions
This famous 12-step fellowship uses a sponsor system to help members achieve sobriety from alcohol.
What is Alcoholics Anonymous?
What stimulant is found in sodas, coffee and tea?
Caffeine.
What does a DUI actually stand for?
Driving under the influence/ Driving while impaired.
This mental health condition is the most common in the world, characterized by feelings of worry, tension, and rapid heart rate.
Anxiety.
This mental disorder is characterized by a persistent loss of interest, low mood, and changes in sleep or appetite.
Depression.
Drugs of abuse hijack the brain's reward system by flooding it with this primary neurotransmitter associated with pleasure.
What is Dopamine?
The recommended number of hours of sleep teenagers and adults should aim for nightly to regulate emotions and focus.
What are 8 to 10 hours?
The practice of focusing one's awareness on the present moment, calmly acknowledging thoughts and feelings without judgment.
What is mindfulness?
This specific trauma-related disorder can develop after surviving or witnessing a terrifying event, leading to flashbacks and extreme stress.
What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
A person who experiences recurring, intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and feels driven to perform repetitive behaviors (compulsions) may have this disorder.
What is obsessive compulsive disorder?
This is the term for a certified peer guide who helps a newcomer navigate the processes of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA).
What is a sponser?
People, places, or situations that cause an emotional response or a desire to use a substance are known as these.
What are triggers?
This term describes physical or psychological symptoms experienced when an addicted person abruptly stops using a substance.
What are withdrawals?
The brain's reward center continues to develop and grow until this age, making young adults particularly vulnerable to developing addictions.
What is 25?
What are two signs that someone might be in active withdrawal from alcohol/drugs?
Shaking. Irritation. Puking. Can’t sleep. Sleeping too much. Disorientation. Lack of energy. Intense headache. Hallucinations. Overly hot. Overly cold.
This is the medical doctor who is trained to evaluate, diagnose, and prescribe medication for mental health conditions.
What is a psychiatrist?
True or false: People with mental illness are usually violent.
They are far more likely to be the victims of this rather than the perpetrators
This type of sudden, intense episode brings on overwhelming physical fear, chest pain, and shortness of breath without any actual danger.
What is a panic attack?
This mood disorder causes extreme shifts in a person's energy, activity levels, and mood, swinging from mania to deep depression.
What is bipolar?
This life-saving nasal spray medication, commonly known by the brand name Narcan, is used to rapidly reverse an opioid overdose.
What is naloxone?
This class of prescription medications is commonly used to treat depression by increasing serotonin levels in the brain.
What are SSRIs (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors)?
This legal substance, though widely consumed, is classified as a central nervous system depressant and causes severe withdrawal risks for long-term heavy users.
What is alcohol?
This synthetic opioid is legally prescribed for severe pain but is also illicitly manufactured, driving the majority of fatal drug overdoses due to its extreme potency.
What is fentanyl?
Developed by Aaron T. Beck in the 1960s, this highly effective type of talk therapy focuses on changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
Name four of the five ways drugs can enter the body.
Inhalation, smoking, injecting, ingestion/swallowing, suppositories.