Mental Health Diagnosis
This disorder is characterized by 2 weeks of low mood and loss of interest in things (including preferred activities and hobbies).
What is Depression or Major Depressive Disorder?
This is the primary medication class used to treat ADHD
What is Stimulants?
This chemical helps regulate sleep and mood, and low levels are often linked to feeling depressed.
What is Serotonin?
Fun fact, it's also found in your gut (stomach and intestines) and likely leads to you feeling of butterflies or nausea when you are stressed.
This type of therapy involves your parents or siblings to help improve how you all communicate at home.
What is Family Therapy?
Often called the "reward chemical," this neurotransmitter spikes when you get a "like" on Instagram or finish a tough level in a video game. If you're not careful it can lead to addiction (drugs, videogames, social media, etc.)
This disorder is characterized by poor focus and concentration, high energy, and impulsivity.
What is ADHD?
This group of medications, including Lexapro and Prozac, is often used to help with depression and anxiety by keeping more serotonin available in your brain.
What are SSRIs?
Located right behind your forehead, this "CEO of the brain" is responsible for decision-making and impulse control—and it isn't fully finished developing until you're about 25.
What is the Prefrontal Cortex?
In this type of therapy, you aren't the only one in the room; you talk through things with other people your age who are going through similar struggles.
What is Group Therapy?
This is the name for the physically and mentally painful process the body goes through when it stops receiving a substance it has become dependent on.
What is withdrawal?
Sudden episodes of intense fear, often with physical symptoms like rapid heartbeat, are characteristic of this disorder.
What is Panic Disorder?
This class of medications is used to treat patients who have episodes of depression as well as episodes of mania.
What are mood stabilizers?
These are the brain’s natural painkillers that get released during heavy exercise, often called a "runner's high."
What are Endorphins?
This type of therapy focuses on how your thoughts, feelings, and actions are all connected and lead to some of the problems you are dealing with.
What is CBT?
When your body gets used to a drug and needs more of it to feel the same "vibe" or effect, you have developed this.
What is tolerance?
This disorder is marked by hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking.
What is Schizophrenia?
This medication, which is actually a metal/salt, was the first mood stabilizer and has been found to be helpful for treating SI.
What is Lithium
This tiny, almond-shaped part of the brain acts as the brains alarm, triggering fear and emotions before you even realize what's happening.
What is the Amygdala?
This type of therapy focuses on teaching skills to help manage intense emotions and improve relationships. It incorporates mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.
What is DBT?
This approach to treatment does not focus on abstinence from use, but rather uses strategies like 7 challenges, clean needles, or free Narcan to meet people where they are at and avoid some of the bigger dangers of use (overdose, infection).
What is harm reduction?
This disorder is marked by mood symptoms that occur in the setting of a psychotic episode.
What is Schizoaffective Disorder?
The medical terms used to describe increasing or decreasing a medication
What are titrate and taper?
This term describes the brain's "superpower"—its ability to change, grow new connections, and rewire itself based on your habits and experiences.
What is Neuroplasticity
This type of therapy is designed to alleviate distress associated with traumatic memories, particularly effective for PTSD. (Eye am not sure you will know this one)
What is EMDR or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing?
This drug which is now more available than ever and at much higher potencies, has lead to a surge in episodes of drug induced psychosis.
What is Marijuana?
47% go on to have a life time psychotic disorder