Depression
True or False. Grief, bereavement, and loss are the same as depression.
False. For instance, a grieving person typically maintains their self-esteem despite feeling sad, whereas a person with depression may not.
Define anxiety.
a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
Over time, the brain adjusts to the excess dopamine, which reduces the high that the person feels compared to the high they felt when first taking the drug, this is know as _________.
Tolerance
__________ symptoms are disturbances of a person's functions necessary to maintain life.
Vegetative symptoms (vegetative functions)
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
Name 3 common types of coping skills.
Deep Breathing, Meditating/Prayer, Grounding in the Present, Exercise, and Reaching out to Support
What happens when you administer Naloxone (Narcan) to someone who does NOT have opioids in their system?
Nothing
Most available antidepressants work on this neurotransmitter to help emotional processing and behavior.
Serotonin
_________ 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
_____________ is when people do (or don't do) things that block their success or prevent them from accomplishing their goals. It can happen consciously or unconsciously.
Self-Sabotage
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)
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?
More than 2 weeks
What can one do to help calm a panic attack?
Breathing deeply and slowly, grounding/distracting yourself, move to a quiet space
Name 3 common signs that relapse has already begun (not including actually using)?
Lying, defensiveness, social problems with family and friends, isolation, and self-neglect.
What is the difference between Bi-polar I vs. Bi-polar II disorder?
The main difference between bipolar I and bipolar II disorders is in the severity of the manic episodes. A person with bipolar I will experience an episode of mania, while a person with bipolar II will experience a hypomanic episode (a period less severe than a full manic episode).
Name 3 symptoms of depression.
Weight loss or loss of appetite, Insomnia, Inattention, and fatigue or low energy, anhedonia, guilt, grief, psychomotor retardation, thoughts of suicide or death.
What is the difference between a panic attack and an anxiety attack?
Anxiety is typically related to something that’s perceived as stressful or threatening. Panic attacks aren’t always cued by stressors. They most often occur out of the blue.
What is the difference between "detox" and "recovery"?
Detox is the process of letting the body remove the drugs in it. The purpose of detox is to safely manage withdrawal symptoms. Recovery is the process of behavior change characterized by improvements in biological, psychological, and social functioning and purpose in life.
How does withdrawal from alcohol, opioids, and benzodiazapines (anti-anxiety medication) create a risk for seizures?
These 3 substances suppress nervous system activity, so coming off of them increases nervous system activity which creates the risk for too much nervous system activity often resulting in seizures.