Stages of Change
The client is weighing the pros and cons of modifying behavior
Contemplation
Providing an overview to the client regarding program goals and objectives.
Orientation
Common terms include: liquor, whiskey, hooch, wine, beer, ale and porter
Alcohol
Characterized by a pervasive distrust of others, including even friends, family and partners.
Paranoid Personality Disorder
Readiness for change
Dimension 4
The client is not thinking seriously about changing and are not interested in help.
Pre-Contemplation
Applying a technique to assist the client, group and/or family in exploring problems and ramifications.
Counseling
The most likely negative effect of taking this substance is a "bad trip"
The person essentially lacks a sense of self and as a result, experiences feelings of emptiness and fears abandonent.
Biomedical conditions
Dimension 2
Maintenance
Coordinating of services for client care.
Case Management
All drugs in this class increase heart rate, blood pressure and body temperature and produce a sense of energy and alertness like.
Ecstacy
Characterized by oddities of appearance, behavior and speech; unusual perceptual experiences and anomalies of thinking similar to those seen in schizophrenia.
Schizotypal Disorder
Relapse Prevention
Dimension 5
The client is motivated to change their behavior.
Action
When the counselor recognizes issues that are beyond their base of knowledge and/ or skill.
Consultation with other professionals
This substance affects the heart in two ways: it acts on brain centers that regulate the cardiovascular system and it acts directly on the hear. People that don't have a tolerance may experience an increased heart rate of 10-20 beats per minute.
Caffeine
The person often seems to be dramatizing or "playing a part" in a bid to be heard and seen.
Histrionic
Dimension 1
Preparation
Evaluating psychological, social and physiological signs and symptoms of alcohol and other drug use and abuse.
Screening
Barbituates and Benzodiazepines are common substances in this drug class
An extreme feeling of self-importance, a sense of entitlement and a need to be admired.
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Emotional/ Behavioral/ Cognitive
Dimension 3