S.U.D Education
The acroymn H.A.L.T, is a useful strategie for increasing self-awareness and self care. What does H.A.L.T stand for?
What is Hungry, Angry, lonely and tired?
This substance gives your brain a quick, huge boost of the mood-enhancing chemical, serotonin.
What is MDMA? (Ecstasy)
________, a viral illness, is a painful swelling and irritation of the liver.
What is Hepatitis?
What does the acronym, H.O.W. stand for in 12-step mutual support groups?
What is honesty, open-mindedness and willingness?
This term actually means to induce sleep, but the public often interprets it, wrongly, to mean any legal drug sometimes used illegally.
What is a Narcotic?
Every day, more than 115 people in the United States die after overdosing on this substance?
(NIDA, 2018 study)
What is opioid's?
________, is the term for when a person stops using a drug, and their body goes through “withdrawal”: a group of physical and mental symptoms.
What is dependence?
In this stage of change, a person begins considering if their substance use may be a problem for them.
What is contemplation?
Mediation exercises such as grounding and deep breathing are known as _________ techniques.
What is self-calming?
Which commonly abused substance interferes with attention, motivation, memory, and learning? When used heavily during the teen years, it can lower grades and your IQ.
What is Marijuana?
A substance invented by the Bayer Company in Germany in the late 1800's and thought to be a cure for morphine addiction
What is Heroin?
Many commonly prescribed pain pills are actually a combination of an opiate and Tylenol(acetaminophen). Abusing any medication containing acetaminophen can be particularly damaging to which part of the body?
What is the Liver?
Practicing _________; paying attention to your thoughts, feelings and emotions, in the moment, lays the ground work for increased self-worth, gained perspective, and heightened awareness.
What is Mindfulness?
___________, is the name given to synthetic cathinones, a class of drugs that have one or more man-made chemicals related to cathinone.
What are Bath salts?
This illness destroys certain cells in the immune system—called CD4+ cells.
What is HIV? (human immunodeficiency virus)
One of the most severe psychological side effects of alcoholism is caused by a lack of thiamine (vitamin B1) in the brain. What is it called?
What is Korsakoff's psychosis?