Mental Health Disorders
These disorders involve extreme mood shifts, such as between the highs of mania and the lows of depression.
Bipolar Disorder
What animal kills the most people per year?
According to the World Health Organization, 725,000 people are killed each year from mosquito-borne diseases, such as Malaria, dengue fever and yellow fever.
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
What is the capital of Hawaii?
Honolulu
Disproportionately high levels of fear, anxiety, and avoidance in response to certain objects or situations.
Anxiety Disorder
What animal hold hands while sleeping, so they don’t float away from each other?
Otters
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
This brand of little breath mints was launched in 1969.
Tic Tacs
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
What color are flamingos naturally?
Flamingos are not pink. They are born grey, their diet of brine shrimp and blue green algae contains a natural pink dye called canthaxanthin that makes their feathers pink.
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
What does the M in mRNA stand for?
Messenger
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)
What animal can shoot blood from its eyes?
Horned Lizard/Toad
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
The HT in HTML & HTTP stands for this.
Hypertext
A disruption to the typical states of awareness, impairing your consciousness, memory, identity, emotions, and perceptions of yourself and your surroundings.
Dissociative Disorders
What is a group of parrots called?
A Pandemonium.
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
The mythical story of Prometheus points to a real medical fact: this organ’s ability to regenerate itself.
The liver.