Harm Reduction
This drug can reverse an opiate overdose.
What is naloxone/narcan?
These medications include fluoxetine (Prozac), sertraline (Zoloft), and escitalopram (Lexapro) and are frequently used to treat symptoms of depression, anxiety and OCD.
What are SSRIs?
Widely-used type of therapy found to be effective in addressing depression, anxiety and trauma, among other symptoms, that involves identifying and assessing thoughts, and changing thoughts and behaviors.
What is CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy)?
Common intervention used to reduce risk and implement supports; can include hotlines, personal and professional supports, and coping strategies catered to the individual's needs and strengths.
What is a safety plan?
Another d-word for unhappiness, unwellness, unease, depression.
What is dysphoria?
Using drugs in this manner instead of injecting can reduce the risk of overdose.
What is smoking/inhaling?
Mood stabilizers including lithium, diavalproez (depakote) and topiramate (topamax) are commonly used to treat this mood disorder.
What is bipolar disorder?
Created by Marsha Linehan, this treatment integrates mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation and interpersonal skills, and is effective in treating symptoms of borderline personality disorder.
What is DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)?
A social worker or therapist should always do this when working with a new client, when they notice a major shift in a client's behavior and presentation, or when they hear concerning statements or other indications of hopelessness.
What is assess for suicide risk?
Another word for the lack of motivation that often accompanies severe depression or schizophrenia.
What is avolition?
These facilities are currently illegal in the United States, but are found in Europe and reduce the risk of overdose and other harmful effects of drug use through providing medical care, supplies, supervision, and overdose reversal when needed.
What are supervised injection/consumption sites?
Psychostimulants used to treat ADHD include these medications. (name at least 1, more for bonus points)
What is amphetamine (adderall), lisdexamphetamine (vyvanse), methyphenidate (concerta) or methylphenidate (ritalin)?
Collaborative goal-oriented communication that has been shown to be effective in creating behavior change. Core skills of this approach include open-ended questions, affirmations, and reflections.
What is MI (motivational interviewing)?
A social worker or therapist making a Tarasoff report is breaking confidentiality based on this information.
What is a credible risk of harm to an identifiable victim?
Repetition of phrases, words or sounds made by another person, sometimes a symptom of autism or schizophrenia.
What is echolalia?
Using new syringes instead of sharing and reusing syringes reduces the risk of abscesses, as well as transmission of these microorganism which cause illnesses like HIV and Hepatitis B or C.
What are bloodborne pathogens?
Medications belonging to this category such as Haldol (haloperidol) and Thorazine (chlorpromazine) are commonly used to treat psychotic symptoms, though they have a high risk of severe side effects.
What are typical antipsychotics?
Trauma treatment in which a person attends to distressing material in brief doses while simultaneously focusing on external stimuli, often in the form of therapist-directed lateral eye movements.
What is EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)?
Often-abbreviated term for self-harm that is not done with the intent to end one's life.
What is non-suicidal self-injury?
Inability to feel pleasure in typically enjoyable circumstances.
What is anhedonia?
These laws protect people who use or possess drugs from prosecution if they call for emergency help in case of an overdose.
What are Good Samaritan Laws?
Multipurpose medication that is used to treat major depressive disorder and seasonal affective disorder, and to support smoking cessation.
What is bupropion/Wellbutrin?
What is IFS (Internal Family Systems therapy)?
Someone who is unable to access adequate food, shelter or clothing due to mental or physical health symptoms could meet this criteria to be involuntarily hospitalized.
What is gravely disabled?
Poverty of speech caused by impairment in cognition; commonly associated with schizophrenia but could also be caused by another mental health condition or an organic brain condition.
What is alogia?