Facts and Definitions
Prescribed by a healthcare professional, most often used to treat pain from conditions such as injuries due to sports, dental procedures, short-term acute pain, or long-term chronic pain.
What are legal opioids
What are the two most common co-occurring mental disorders related to substance use?
What are Depression and Anxiety
A set of practical strategies and ideas aimed at decreasing the amount of negative outcomes associated with drug use
What is harm reduction
True or False? It is important to educate individuals on contacting a mental health care helpline if they believe they are experiencing mental health issues.
What is true
In what year did Canada declare a public health emergency?
When was 2016
The rate of overdose was the highest in individuals who had both mental illness and _______.
What is substance use disorder
______ testing strips are used to detect the presence of opioids in other drugs.
What is fentanyl
What is one symptom of an opioid overdose?
What is….slurred speech, sedated appearance, impaired concentration, analgesia, cough suppression, pinpoint pupils, and “track marks”
What are the three main opioid agonist therapies?
What is Methadone, Suboxone, and Sublicade
Instead of using the term “addict”, one should use ______ when describing an individual who has an addiction to opioids.
What is “Having a substance use disorder”
The two forms of Naloxone
What are Injection and Nasal Spray
List one screening tool used to screen for mental health and opioid use disorders
What is the DSM-5 Opioid Use Disorder Checklist and the Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-10)