Substance use
This is the return to drug use
What is relapse?
A medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body
What are drugs?
This is the condition of suffering from a mental illness and a substance abuse problem.
What is dual diagnoses or co-occurring disorder?
A wide range of mental health conditions — disorders that affect your mood, thinking and behavior. Examples include depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, eating disorders and addictive behaviors
What is mental health disorder? (sometimes referred to as mental illness)
Any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness
What is exercise?
This is a chronic disease characterized by drug seeking and use that is compulsive, or difficult to control, despite harmful consequences
What is Addiction?
This is the most commonly abused substance, and the 3rd most common cause of death in the United States
What is alcohol?
When you use alcohol or drugs in this way to manage symptoms of a mental health issue, it's known as this
What is self-medicating?
Stress disorder after a traumatic event
What is PTSD?
Doing this, especially with headphones, can relieve stress and be used as a distraction
What is listening to music?
This is the abrupt cessation (or stop use) of a substance dependence, as opposed to gradually easing the process through reduction over time
What is cold-turkey?
A class of drugs that can boost mood, increase feelings of well-being, increase energy, and make you more alert
What are stimulants? (such as meth or adderall)
Studies show that about this percentage of people who experience a mental illness will also experience a substance use disorder at some point in their lives and vice versa.
What is 50%?
A mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression)
What is Bi-Polar?
Doing things to take care of our minds, bodies, and souls by engaging in activities that promote well-being and reduce stress
What is self-care?
Counseling and rehab are both types of this
What is treatment?
When misused, these can be just as dangerous as illegally made drugs
What are prescription medicines?
Surges of this chemical in the reward circuit cause the reinforcement of pleasurable but unhealthy activities, leading people to repeat the behavior again and again
What is Dopamine?
A mental health disorder characterized by persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life.
Clinical Depression
A practice where an individual uses a technique to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state
What is meditation?
Process by which the body rids itself of a drug
What is detox?
Medications that are chemically similar to endorphins that our body makes naturally to relieve pain
What are opioids?
The healthy methods a person uses to deal with stressful situations
What are coping skills?
A mental health disorder that is marked by a combination of schizophrenia symptoms, such as hallucinations or delusions, and mood disorder symptoms, such as depression or mania
What is Schizoaffective disorder?
A mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations
What is mindfulness?