Addiction
Causes of addiction.
What is repeated use of addictive substances over time?
Symptoms of depression.
What are sadness, loss of interest, changes in appetite, and changes in sleep patterns?
Reasons for stress in teens at school.
What is peer pressure, homework, exams, and bullying?
Reasons teens get angry.
What is feeling frustrated, threatened, or treated unfairly?
A normal human emotion that can become a disorder if it interferes with your life.
What is anxiety?
Symptoms of addiction.
What is reliance on drugs, strong urges to do drugs, and taking larger amounts of the drug?
Causes of depression.
What are brain chemistry, genetics, stress, and trauma?
Physical symptoms of stress.
What are headaches, stomachaches, fatigue, sleep disturbances?
Undeveloped part of the brain responsible for impulse control.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
During a panic attack your heart will feel this happening.
What is pounding/racing?
Effect of addiction on your mental health.
What is mental illness/suicidal thoughts?
Treatment for depression.
What is therapy?
Emotional symptoms of stress.
What are irritability, sadness,and depression?
Type of anger that causes physical symptoms.
What is psychosomatic anger?
Changing of breathing pattern as an effect of anxiety.
What is shortness of breath/hyperventilating?
Benefits of stopping addiction.
What is improvement in overall happiness, organ health, and quality of life?
40% of teens experienced this.
What is depression?
Behavioral symptoms of stress.
What are withdrawal from activities, poor concentration, and substance use?
Anger causing destruction or malice.
What is violence?
Practice of breathing in for 4 seconds then breathing out for 4 seconds and repeating.
What is box breathing?
Common addictive substances.
What are drugs, alcohol, nicotine products, and marijuana?
What is Serotonin?
These are examples of coping strategies for stress.
What are moving, relaxation, hobbies, connection, and sleep?
Treatment for anger.
What is communication, self care, or therapy?
Doing yoga, journaling, drawing, or listening to music.
What is a healthy coping skill?