MENTAL HEALTH
Common anxiety disorders.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, or Social Anxiety Disorder.
True or false: Medication and therapy are often more effective when paired together?
True: because they address both the biological and psychological aspects of a mental health condition, leading to faster improvement and long-term benefits like reduced relapse rates
A mental health condition characterized by a cycle of unwanted, intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors or mental acts.
What is OCD?
Physical and psychological signs and symptoms when the substance is leaving the body.
What is withdrawal.
Slurred speech, unsteady gait, and confusion can be symptoms of intoxication from which substance?
What is alcohol?
A condition that affects a person's thinking, feeling, behavior or mood. These conditions deeply impact day-to-day living and may also affect the ability to relate to others.
What is mental illness.
A medical practitioner specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness with medication and behavioral interventions.
What is a psychiatrist.
A complex mental health condition, previously known as multiple personality disorder, in which an individual has two or more distinct personality states or identities (alters.)
What is DID? Dissociative Identity Disorder.
Mental health disorder and a substance use disorder diagnosed simultaneously.
What is dual diagnosis.
This illegal drug is known for its powerful hallucinogenic effects.
What is acid/LSD/mushrooms.
A sudden feeling of acute and disabling anxiety; intense fear or anxiety along with physical symptoms.
What is a panic attack.
A mental health condition that can develop after a person experiences or witnesses a traumatic event. Symptoms include nightmares, flashbacks, avoidance of reminders of the event, and feeling constantly on edge.
What is post-traumatic stress disroder OR PTSD.
A mental state where a person loses some contact with reality, experiencing disrupted thoughts and perceptions.
A common symptom can also include having delusions.
For extra points, name one of the types of delusions.
What is psychosis?
What is persecutory (being harmed or conspired against), grandiose (exaggerated sense of self-importance or talent), jealous (belief a partner is unfaithful), and erotomanic (belief another person, often a celebrity, is in love with you.)
What drug classification causes the following while intoxicated?
Tachycardia, Hypertension, Hyperthermia, Tachypnea, Psychosis, Hallucination, Illusion/ delusions.
What are stimulants/ amphetamines.
What are some behavioral signs that someone might be abusing drugs?
What is
Disorder associated with episodes of mood swings, usually lasting a few days or weeks, ranging from depressive lows to manic highs.
What is bipolar 1.
A mental health condition characterized by long-term patterns of unstable emotions, behavior, and relationships, leading to impulsive actions and a distorted self-image. Episodes are known to happen multiple times a day.
What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
A mental disorder in which those diagnosed have difficulty feeling empathy for others and showing remorse for their harmful behavior. Common traits include impulsive actions, irritability, aggressiveness, and recklessness.
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder? (otherwise known as sociopathy)
Types of medication used for Medication-Assisted Treatment.
What is methadone, buprenorphine (Suboxone), naltrexone, Subutex, Sublocade.
What is one of the drugs that have the longest half life?
THC/marijuana.
A serious mental health condition characterized by persistent everyday sadness, a loss of interest in activities, and other symptoms that interfere with daily life.
What is Major Depressive Disorder.
A mental health condition characterized by excessive emotionality and a constant need for attention. Symptoms include being dramatic and theatrical, overly seductive or provocative, emotionally shallow, and easily influenced by others.
What is Histrionic Personality Disorder?
What is a cause (event or situation) that leads to someone feeling upset, frightened, angry, etc. (potentially setting off a flashback or leading to continued substance abuse).
Human-made stimulants chemically related to cathinone.
What are bath salts.
This rapper was famously open about his addiction before their death.
What is Lil Peep, Juice Wrld, and Mac Miller.