I'm Addicted
Physical adaptation to a drug so that a person needs an increased amount in order to produce the original effect.
What is Tolerance
Personality disorder characterized by irresponsibility and lack of regard for others
What is Antisocial Disorder
Name a personality test
What is Myers Briggs
What do the letters LPC stand for?
What is Licensed Professional Counselor
Drug abuse disorder characterized by an overwhelming and compulsive desire to obtain and use the drug
What is Addiction
Name a personality disorder in which "it's all about me"
What is Narcissism
Excessive fear of spiders
What is Arachnophobia
Do more men or women suffer from mental health issues (specifically anxiety and depression)?
Who are women
The tools a professional uses to diagnose an individual with a mental disorder (name at least two)
What is assessments or interviews or physical screenings or the DSM V
This is the use of a drug to a certain extent that a person feels nervous or anxious without it.
What is Dependence or Psychological Dependence
I'm hearing voices and speaking with individuals not visible. Recently convinced that aliens are spying on me.
Who is Joe. Just Kidding. What is Paranoid Schizophrenia
Are more men or women successful in their suicide actions?
Who are men
For counseling to be effective, what traits are helpful for the client?
What are willingness, desire for change, insight and motivation to change
Most common substance addiction in the US
What is Nicotine
A psychological disorder in which an individual ruminates on a prior traumatic event to the point that it interrupts daily living.
What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD
Excessive fear of colors
What is Chromophobia
Name at least 3 interpersonal skills that effective counselors utilize
What is acceptance, empathy, relationship/rapport building, self-awareness, communication, multicultural awareness, flexibility, etc.
In counseling, what is a boundary?
A counselor's ability to put up healthy protections to ensure that the counseling relationship does not cross into unethical areas. Verbatim. Any other answer is entirely wrong. Deal with it.
A visual, verbal or physical illusion that a person experiences and mistakes for reality
What is Hallucination
A disorder in which a person experiences irrational constant worry and assumes worst-case scenarios. Sometimes makes sleeping difficult.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Excessive fear of numbers
What is Arithmophobia
What is Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Neuroticism, Openness and Extraversion
Who can officially diagnose an individual with a mental disorder?
Who is your mom. Just kidding: what is a psychiatrist or psychologist or medical doctor or LPC or LCSW