Depression
__________ causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest in things and activities you once enjoyed that cause difficulties with thinking, memory, eating and sleeping.
Depression
An intense, irrational, and persistent fear of a specific object, situation, or activity is known as a ______.
Phobia
A condition that occurs when the body has a reduced reaction to a drug following its repeated use is also known as _________.
Tolerance
the complex, natural, and personalized emotional, physical, and psychological response to a significant loss is also known as ______
Grief
Maria Carey, Mel Gibson, and Winston Churchill all struggle with this mental health diagnosis.
Bipolar Disorder
Katy Perry, Leonardo Dicaprio, and Justin Timberlake all struggle with this mental health diagnosis.
OCD
Anxiety amplifies signals from our environment and our body to make them appear more threatening than they are in reality. These errors in perception are called ________________.
Cognitive Distortions
This is a condition can occur in a person who was exposed to alcohol before birth. Symptoms include: abnormal facial features, speech and language delays, and problems with heart, kidneys and bones.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FASD)
Most available antidepressants work on this chemical in the brain to help emotional processing and behavior.
Serotonin
_____ is an intense, sudden wave of extreme fear or anxiety, triggering a powerful "fight-or-flight" response with physical symptoms like a racing heart, sweating, and shortness of breath, often accompanied by a feeling of impending doom or loss of control.
Panic
______________ are depressants that produce sedation, hypnosis, relieve anxiety, calm muscle spasms, and reduce seizures.
Benzodiazepines
_______________ refers to the misuse of drugs or alcohol in an attempt to manage the distressing symptoms of a mental health disorder or other health condition.
Self-medication
It is common for a person to feel down for 3–5 days following childbirth, how long must these feelings of sadness or emptiness last in order to be considered a sign of postpartum depression?
2 weeks
_________ therapy is a psychological treatment that helps people face their fears by gradually exposing them to the things, situations, or activities that cause them distress.
Exposure Therapy
Name 3 common signs that relapse has already begun (not including actually using)?
Lying, defensiveness, isolation, frequent arguments with family and friends, self-neglect, return to old environments.
What happens when you administer Naloxone (Narcan) to someone who does NOT have opioids in their system?
Nothing
This is a primary, non-medical treatment for depression that works by increasing engagement in positive and meaningful activities to improve mood and reduce depressive symptoms.
Behavioral Activation (BA)
_________ behavior is responsible for causing some the most serious negative impacts people with anxiety experience.
Avoidance
What is the difference between "detox" and "recovery"?
Detox is (physical) the process of letting the body remove the drugs in it and safely managing withdrawal symptoms with medication. Recovery is (mental) the process of behavior change characterized by improvements in biological, psychological, and social functioning and purpose in life.
What is the difference between "worry" and "anxiety"?
Worry is specific, temporary, and often centers on solving a concrete problem; while Anxiety is general, persistent, physical and emotional state of unease that interferes with problem solving (and daily functioning) and often centers on uncontrollable future events.