Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Relapse Prevention
Mental Illness
Wild Card
Substance Abuse/Dependency
100
The following are _________ Factors Affecting Mental Health & Substance Use: • Injury to the brain in the womb or during birth • Exposure to drugs in the womb • Exposure to toxins in the environment like lead in lead paint • Nutrition and health while growing up • Where people live, work, or go to school • Familial and social relationships
What is Environmental For an extra five points name 3 enviornmental factors that increase issues with your mental health and substance use.
100
You develop this to help you from having a relapse and have a plan in place for when you have cravings and triggers to use or notice early warning signs of mental health relapse.
What is relapse prevention plan
100
Additionally, having a ________ puts one at higher risk for developing an addiction.
What is mental illness
100
_______________ is what people experience who have a huge burst of energy and activity and appear I impulsive, agitated, or irritated.
What is mania
100
having an _________ puts one at higher risk for worsening mental illness symptoms.
What is addiction
200
Examples of _______ Factors Affecting Mental Health & Substance Use: • Some people may inherit a tendency to become more anxious than most people do, putting them at greater risk for developing anxiety-related mental health problems. • Some people may be biologically predisposed to personality traits or ways of behaving that make it harder for them to stop drinking once they have begun using alcohol.
What is biological.
200
Another name for old patterns of use and cues for using
What is triggers
200
__________ is a psychiatric disorder in which a person experiences a very low or _______ mood. At the same time the person may also experience changes in other areas such as sleep and appetite. _________ differs from normal sadness or “feeling blue” in that it causes severe enough problems to interfere with a person's day-to-day functioning. People's experience with ______ varies. Some people describe it as a total loss of energy or enthusiasm to do anything. Others may describe it as always feeling like something very bad is about to happen.
What is depression/depressed
200
_______, _____and ______ are medications used to treat alcoholism.
What are Antabuse, Acamprosate, and Naltrexone
200
Substance _______, also known as drug _______, refers to a maladaptive pattern of use of a substance that is not considered dependent
What is abuse
300
In a more general sense, ______ can be the result of trying to deal with negative things in the environment. When people cannot adapt to _______, they become more prone to developing, or making worse, substance use or mental health difficulties, particularly if they are also at risk biologically.
What is stress
300
A relapse is usually the end result of a whole chain of bad decisions. Some of these decisions may seem harmless at the time, or at least that’s what people tell themselves as they are making them. This is how they trick themselves and set themselves up for relapse -by making a series of bad choices that put them in one of their high-risk situations. One of the best ways to keep themselves from making these bad decisions is through knowing which _________ tell them that they are heading toward relapse. If they know what their _________ are, they can get extra help or make changes to prevent themselves from relapsing.
What is early warning signs
300
Everyone has ups and downs in mood; happiness, sadness, and anger are normal emotions and are a normal part of everyday life. In contrast, _______ disorder is a medical condition in which people have mood swings that are out of proportion to things going on in their lives. These mood swings affect a person’s thoughts, feelings, physical health, behavior, and functioning.________disorder is not the person’s fault, nor is it the result of a “weak” or unstable personality. It is a treatable medical disorder for which there are specific medications and other therapies that help most people._________ disorder is the medical name for
What is bipolar
300
_________ is when a person feels disoriented and confused and cannot maintain focus.
What is delirium
300
When an individual persists in use of alcohol or other drugs despite problems related to use of the substance, substance __________ may be diagnosed. Compulsive and repetitive use may result in tolerance to the effect of the drug and withdrawal symptoms when use is reduced or stopped. This, along with Substance abuse are considered Substance Use Disorders
What is dependence
400
While risk factors make people more prone to experiencing substance use and mental health issues, _________ factors serve to help buffer or shield people from the effects of negative things going on in their lives. As a result, _______ factors can help prevent or lessen substance use or mental health issues.
What is protective
400
These help you manage cravings, triggers, stress, anger, anxiety, depression (things you do to calm down and not use and I ask you about them every week at check in)
What is coping skills
400
Everyone experiences feelings of _______ or stress and worry from time to time. _______ is a normal part of life and only becomes a problem when it reaches levels that interfere with people’s daily lives. Chronic _____ can have harmful effects on the body, on emotional health, and on the ability to think clearly. In essence, it is maladaptive and should be treated. This can be helpful and harmful.
What is anxiety
400
Co-occurring disorders are biopsychosocial in nature, so treatment should focus on your _______, _________, __________, and your _________ health
What is physical, medical, psychological, and social
400
___________ can refer to any sort of separation, but is most commonly used to describe the group of symptoms that occurs upon the abrupt discontinuation/separation or a decrease in dosage of the intake of medications, recreational drugs, and alcohol.
What is withdrawal
500
People who are experiencing mental health difficulties sometimes _________ with drugs or alcohol.
What is self-medication/medicating
500
_______ _______ can help build a positive social network of people who may have or are experiencing the same struggles and difficulties you are.
What is support groups
500
The ____________ of co-occurring disorders must blend both substance use and mental health issues, with each applied at appropriate times and situations according to the clients’ needs. Sometimes the attempt to obtain professional help can be bewildering and confusing for people who have co-occurring disorders.
What is treatment for 5 extra points name different types of treatment (i.e. medication, individual counseling, group cousneling)
500
_______ ______ is the main way that treatment for co-occurring disorders is provided.
What is group therapy
500
A ______-_____ ______ is any chemical, substance, or medication that changes a person’s mood. (3 words)
What is mood-altering drug
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