Often comes from well meaning intentions but can reinforce negative patterns.
A study showed that Individuals who smoked 10 or more __________per day were more likely to experience psychosis than people who did not smoke.
What are Cigarettes (Tobacco)?
A state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion that occurs when the demands of caring for someone else consistently exceed a caregiver’s ability to cope.
What is Caregiver Burnout?
True or False:
Depression, changes in social behavior, change in thought patterns, changes in self-care, and suspiciousness are all signs of psychosis.True
This plan can be used to manage and/or deescalate a mental health crisis and prevent further harm.
What is a Risk Management Plan?
Establishing clear expectations and protecting your own needs.
What are boundaries?

Substance has been found to have the highest link for onset of psychosis.
Taking care of your own needs that we may be neglecting so we can support our loved ones.
A collection of symptoms, rather than a specific illness, that causes a disconnect from reality. Auditory Hallucination, delusions, paranoia, thought disorganization.
What is Psychosis?
This primary class of medication works by altering brain chemicals and is commonly prescribed to help manage psychotic symptoms.
What are antipsychotics?
Involves giving support and encouragement that helps one to feel more independent, capable and happy.
What is empowerment?
True or False?
Vaping is safe and has no link to psychosis.
False:
Research links vaping—both high-dose nicotine and high-potency THC concentrates—to an increased risk of psychotic experiences, delusions, and first-episode psychosis. Heavy e-cigarette use and concentrated cannabis vaping amplify brain dopamine and glutamate pathways associated with psychotic symptoms (PMC Pub Med Central, 2024)
Mindfulness, Exercise, Hobbies, Nutrition are all examples of self-care.
True
Biological Vulnerability+ Stress = Psychotic Symptoms
What is Stress-Vulnerability Model?
____________ agency can be contacted 24/7 for mental health crisis support.
What is emergency services?
Brittany receives $100 a month from her parents. She has admitted in conversation to her parents that she uses it for substances and therefore doesn’t have enough for food. Her parents agree to giving her $200 a month so that she can purchase food as well. Would this be enabling or empowering her choices?
What is Enablement?
The presentation of both a substance use disorder and a mental health disorder.
What is a Co-Occurring Disorder?
Your cup represents your physical energy, patience, and mental health. If you constantly give to others (work, family, friends) without resting and recharging, your cup runs dry.

What is the empty cup self-care metaphor?
Three factors that can lead to psychosis.
What is genetic, environmental, and biological?
When calling 911 ask for a _________ officer when someone is experiencing a mental health crisis.
What is a CIT officer (Crisis Intervention Trained)?
Damond lives with his family. They handle most of his tasks including things such as cleaning his room and scheduling his doctor’s appointments. Damond's mother decides to shift responsibility for his scheduling to him. Damond states that it’s easier when she does it but mom remains firm on her choice. Is she empowering or enabling Damond?
What is Empowerment?
The use of this substance is related to greater non-adherence to medication, lower quality of life, and reduced social functioning within the FEP population.
It impairs the effectiveness of the antipsychotic medication and can provoke a relapse of the psychotic symptoms.

The counter-stress system regulated by the parasympathetic nervous system.
What is the relaxation response?
Hearing phantom auditory noises or voices that aren’t really there is considered this type of hallucination.
What is auditory hallications?
Changes in sleep, increases in hallucinations or delusions, Changes in thinking, Increased irritability, agitation, angry outbursts, increases in conflicts, Changes in mood, Isolation and/or withdrawal.
What is the warning signs of a crisis?