Mental Health
Factors
Substance Use
Co-Occurring Disorders
100
Name the MH disorder: feeling worthless, feeling sad or hopeless, have little interest in things you used to, sleeping too much or too little

Depression

100

What is a risk factor?

Factors that put a person at high risk for substance use/MH disorder

100

Name five things that will affect how many drinks it will take an individual to get intoxicated.


A person’s body size and composition, overall healthy, what and how much someone recently ate, dehydration, rate of alcohol consumption, sleep, percentage of alcohol in drinks consumed

100

What is dual recovery?

Working on both substance use and emotional disorder at the same time. 

200

Name the MH disorder: can't control worrying, tension in muscles, worrying most of the time

Anxiety Disorder

200

What is a protective factor?

Factors that lower someone's risk of negative outcomes

200

Name three signs of alcohol overdose

- Vomiting, blacking out, passing out, cold/clammy skin, slurring, lack of muscle coordination

200

What is an example of self-medicating?

using substances to relax (anxiety disorder), feel happier (depression), lose weight (eating disorder)

300

Name the MH disorder: feeling overwhelmed by previous trauma, reliving trauma, mind and body on high alert

PTSD

300

Individuals with a family history of mental health or substance abuse disorders may have an increased risk of developing dual diagnosis

Genetic Predisposition

300

Example of Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) 

Methadone, suboxone

300

Why is diagnosis important?

"naming" a feeling can help with treatment, can normalize thoughts/feelings, can identify which treatment is appropriate

400

Name the MH disorder: extremely distorted view of body, binging and purging, obsessing about losing/gaining weight

Eating Disorder

400

What are some things you can do to reduce your risk factors and enhance your protective factors?

negative/positive peers, community engagement, increasing coping skills, 

400

Why is it more dangerous to drink alcohol and use cannabis (marijuana) together than using either one alone?  

Cannabis reduces nausea, so people can drink more without getting sick, which can result in alcohol poisoning.  

400

What percentage of individuals with substance use disorder have a co-occurring mental health disorder

As many as 65% of people with alcohol and other drug addictions suffer from co-occurring mental health disorders

500

Name the MH disorder: upsetting thoughts coming into your mind, feel you have to keep repeating something, you're trying to prevent something awful from happening. 

OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

500

The _____ often associated with mental health and substance use disorders does all of us a great disservice and serves as a barrier to treatment for many.

Stigma

500

The use of marijuana before what age may have an impact on brain development?

25

500

What percentage of individuals with co-occuring disorders get treatment for both conditions?

7%

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