Mental Health Disorders
These disorders involve extreme mood shifts, such as between the highs of mania and the lows of depression.
Bipolar Disorder
What is the fastest land animal in the world?
Cheetah
Derived from the cannabis sativa plant. Its effects are produced by THC (tetrahydrocannabinol). It is usually smoked.
Marijuana
Addiction can be cured. T or F?
False
Is Avocado a fruit or a vegetable?
Fruit
“the sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food."
Disproportionately high levels of fear, anxiety, and avoidance in response to certain objects or situations.
Anxiety Disorder
What animal can live for weeks after having its head cut off?
Cockroaches
A stimulant that produces an intense euphoria and has the potential to be very addictive. Is usually found in powder form and is snorted or injected after being dissolved in water.
Cocaine
The return to drug use after an attempt to stop.
Relapse
Lemons float vs. limes sink
Lemons float vs. limes sink
Challenges in one or more of these five areas: delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thought or speech, abnormal movements such as catatonia, and negative symptoms, such as a lack of motivation, pleasure, or emotional expression.
Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
Flamingos are not pink. Their diet of brine shrimp and algae contains a natural pink dye that makes their feathers pink. What is their natural color at birth?
A. White
B. Black
C. Grey
D. Yellow
It is derived from morphine, a natural opiate extracted from the seed of certain types of poppies. It is very addictive and comes in different forms.
Heroin
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—an effect known as:
Tolerance
There’s only one letter that doesn’t appear in any U.S. state name.
Q
These spectrum disorders involve elements of thoughts (obsessions) and behaviors (compulsions). The disorders in this group share some characteristics but are different in many ways.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
This is the only animal on earth where the male carries the baby rather than the female.
Seahorses
A type of mushroom with hallucinogenic properties. It can be steeped in a tea or eaten raw or dried.
Psilocybin
Most drugs affect the brain's reward circuit by flooding it with the chemical messenger:
Dopamine
This country consists of over 7,000 islands.
The Philippines
A disruption to the typical states of awareness, impairing your consciousness, memory, identity, emotions, and perceptions of yourself and your surroundings.
Dissociative Disorders
This animal has 3 hearts, 9 brains and blue blood.
Giant Pacific Octopus
Narcotics that are prescribed to relieve pain. They are taken orally, intravenously, or may come in patches. Are powerful enough to ease the pain of people with terminal illness. Highly addictive.
Opioids
Name three risk factors for addiction.
Biology
Environment
Development
What animal has the longest gestation period (pregnancy) of any mammal on Earth?
Elephants (22 months).