Vocabulary
A term used to refer to co-occurring addiction and mental health problems.
Concurrent Disorder
Name the 6 Stages of Change.
Pre-contemplation
Contemplation
Preparation
Action
Maintenance
Relapse
Name 3 things that can help you in your recovery.
Counseling/Therapy, Coping Skills, Time Management, NA/AA/etc., Physical Activity, Safety Planning, properly prescribed Medications, Support Team, Will Power and Want, etc...
D.O.C
Drug of Choice
When a person has two or more addictive behaviors.
Cross-Addiction
A common reaction of people with substance use disorders who, when confronted with the existence of those disorders, deny that they have a substance abuse problem and/or have lost control of it.
Denial
What stage is this?
Stage where people overtly modify their behavior and their surroundings. Make the move for which they have been preparing. Requires the greatest commitment of time and energy.
CHANGE IS MORE VISIBLE TO OTHERS.
Action Stage
A person, place, thing or event that can result in psychological and then possibly a physical relapse. Coping skills are utilized to deals with these.
Triggers
P.A.W.S
Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome
What are the frameworks that make up the Biopsychosocial. PLUS Model?
Biological Framework
Psychological Framework
Social Framework
Cultural Framework
Spiritual Framework
A neurobiological event characterized by the need to increase the dose over time to obtain the original effect. Higher doses are needed to produce the same effect experienced initially by the substance. Education is often provided on this to help prevent overdoses.
Tolerance
“It isn’t that we cannot see the solution. It’s that we cannot see the problem.”
What stage would this quote belong to?
Pre-Contemplation
What are the three aspects of yourself to consider in regards to relapse? Also known as the Stages of Relapse.
1. Emotional
2. Mental
3. Physical
H.A.L.T
Avoiding High Risk Situations; what should you check in on?
Hunger
Anger
Lonely
Tired
A way to understand how the conscious and unconscious minds operate. This is a term for when people say the wrong words and they end up saying something that would be considered to be from the persons unconscious mind.
Freudian Slip
A term to refer to the hindbrain to allow addicts to more easily understand the immediate reaction to triggers from past traumatic events.
Lizard Brain
What are the four R's of Pre-contemplation? (The reasons for being in pre-contemplation)
Reluctant
Rebellious
Resigned
Rationalizing
The metabolic process by which the toxic qualities of a poison or toxin are reduced by the body. Pertaining to addiction it is generally a medically supervised treatment for alcohol or drug addiction designed to purge the body of intoxicating or addictive substances.
Detox
S.M.A.R.T
Self-Management And Recovery Training
What are the 3 levels of Freud's Mental Iceberg Concept?