Just Because
This is Gateway Foundation's alumni- and current client-only social media platform.
What is G-Connect or Gateway Connect?
(Either name gets the points. Make sure to use your real name when signing up as you have to be approved by Gateway staff to keep random folks not affiliated with the organization from trying to join.)
_______ is the treatment of patients who have both a substance use disorder and a mental health diagnosis such as anxiety or depression.
What is Dual Diagnosis?
(Dual Diagnosis is the older term but it's still very much in use so you should know it and recognize it. Dual Diagnosis is actually Co-Occurring Disorders.)
This is a skill-based approach to learning effective coping strategies that can be used to address and change unhealthy behaviors.
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy?
(If you say "DBT," you get the points.)
This is the 74th day in the Roman calendar, corresponding to 15 March. It was marked by several religious observances and was notable for the Romans as a deadline for settling debts.
What is The Ides of March?
This is required for a mental health employee to speak with anyone on your behalf or about your treatment.
What is an authorization for release of information, or ROI?
(If you need us to speak with a case worker, DCFS, drug court, attorneys, or even your family member in case of an emergency, we need one of these on file.)
Occasionally, everyone has some obsessive thoughts or concerns about their safety or that of their loved ones. However, if a person has this disorder, these thoughts can feel so overwhelming that they interfere with normal daily work and responsibilities.
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)?
________ is using FDA-Approved medications such as Suboxone and Vivitrol to help manage withdrawal symptoms and cravings associated with substance use disorders.
What is MAT (or Medication-Assisted Treatment)?
This is a well-established practice is interwoven with other evidence-based practices. It focuses on changing destructive or unhealthy behavior patterns.
What is Cognitive Behavior Therapy?
(If you say "CBT," you get the points.)
Name a process addiction.
Gaming Addiction or Gambling Addiction could be answers.
These persons are required to call a specific hotline when they have reasonable cause to believe that a child known to them in their professional or official capacity may be an abused or neglected child. The hotline worker will determine if the information given by the reporter meets the legal requirements to initiate an investigation.
What is a Mandated Reporter?
This is a term used in relationships that involve people with a substance use disorder. It’s important to understand exactly what this is along with the main causes and symptoms of the disorder. At Gateway, we need to treat this problem and addiction within the family to achieve the best recovery.
What is Codependency?
This coping skills therapy is specifically designed for survivors of trauma with substance use disorders. By learning to cope in the present instead of focusing on trauma of the past, survivors of trauma can heal and address substance use at the same time.
What is Seeking Safety?
This is a psycho-therapeutic program for anger prevention and control. It has been described as deploying anger successfully.
What is Anger Management?
Clinical _____ isn’t the normal reaction people experience when they face dangerous or stressful situations. It’s marked by unending and unfounded fears that hinder normal activities at work and home. Such fears also prevent these sufferers from participating in social activities.
What is Anxiety?
(FYI - About 18% of adults in the U.S. suffer from one form of anxiety.)
Clinical services are now being provided via Zoom/telehealth. This clinical service is being delivered consistent with SUPR (Division of Substance Use and Prevention) guidelines invoked during a national health crisis and assessment of the client for services including appropriate level of care. Name the crisis.
What is a pandemic named COVID-19?
(If you say "COVID," you get the points.)
__ in 10 people suffering from a substance use disorder also suffer from a mental health disorder.
What is 4?
This introduces patients to the 12-step framework using therapists instead of the 12-step community. Patients are encouraged to link to an ongoing support network such as AA, NA or SMART Recovery in their own community for long-term support.
What is Twelve Step Facilitation?
(If you say "TSF," you get the points.)
Explain the difference between psychiatry and psychology.
Both psychologists and psychiatrists can provide psychotherapy. However, most psychiatrists treat patients primarily by prescribing medication, while psychologists mainly rely on providing talk and/or behavioral therapy.
(If you at least explain that psychiatrists prescribe medication while psychologists [usually] do not, you get the points.)
This diagnosis could include symptoms such as difficulty concentrating, tiredness and fatigue, irritability, suicidal thoughts or attempts, loss of appetite or overeating, persistent digestive issues, ongoing feelings of anxiousness or emptiness, changes in sleep patterns including insomnia or sleeping too much, persistent headaches, and body aches, and pains. Also could include feelings of guilt, hopelessness, and helplessness, or a loss of interest in things once enjoyable.
What is Depression?
What do the acronyms LPC, LCPC, LSW, and LCSW stand for?
Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Licensed Social Worker, and Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
(They can all provide mental health therapy!)
This is a treatable, chronic medical disease involving complex interactions among brain circuits, genetics, the environment, and an individual’s life experiences. People with this disease use substances or engage in behaviors that become compulsive and often continue despite harmful consequences.
What is Addiction?
This helps patients recognize the need for change and how to move past the physical, psychological, and social reasons for substance use. This practice keeps patients accountable to their treatment and recovery.
What is Motivational Interviewing?
(If you say "MI," you get the points.)
Explain the difference between a social worker and a counselor.
Counselors typically help individuals and families work through a specific set of problems, often around behavioral, emotional and mental health. Social workers have a broader remit. They may provide direct counseling, but they also provide assistance to people and help them navigate a range of social services—from education to healthcare.
(Facilitator will determine if you get the points as it's highly unlikely you'll say all of the above!)
This is often linked to substance abuse disorders. In the fight against addiction, many clients will need to address the _______ of their past to move forward successfully. A therapy program focused on this is an effective way to give clients the tools they need to find a fulfilling future that is free from addiction.
What is Trauma?
What does CADC stand for?
What is Certified Alcohol and other Drug abuse Counselor?
(Facilitator may give points depending on how close the answer is because it's what they do that is more important than the actual acronym!)