Schizophrenia and Psychosis
This core symptom involves hearing, seeing, or sensing thats that aren't actually present.
Hallucinations
This anxiety disorder involves persistent worry about multiple everyday events or activities.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
This mood disorder is defined by long-lasting periods of low mood and reduced energy.
Depression
PTSD can develop after experiencing or witnessing this kind of overwhelming event.
Trauma
This approach focuses on minimizing negative consequences rather than requiring complete abstinence.
Harm Reduction
This animal is the largest mammal on Earth.
Blue Whale
This term describes firmly held beliefs that are not based in reality.
Delusions
This disorder features sudden episodes of intense fear along with physical symptoms like trembling or a racing heart.
Panic Disorder
A hallmark of borderline personality disorder involves rapid shifts in this psychological experience.
Mood or Emotional States
This common symptom of PTSD involves reliving the traumatic event through memories or dreams.
Flashbacks
Relapse prevention plans often identify these early signals that someone's coping is weakening.
Triggers or Warning Signs
This mathematical term describes a number that can only be divided evenly by 1 and itself.
Prime Number
This mental health condition can involve hallucinations, delusions, and difficulty distinguishing reality from imagination.
Schizophrenia
These unwanted, intrusive thoughts are characteristic of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Obsessions
People with BPD often fear this, leading to intense responses in relationships.
Abandonment
Avoiding reminders of the traumatic event is part of this PTSD category.
Avoidance
A common relapse prevention technique involves developing alternative responses called these.
Coping Strategies or Coping Skills
This element is represented by the symbol "Au."
Gold
Schizophrenia is classified under this broad category of mental disorders involving breaks from reality.
Psychotic Disorders
This cognitive pattern, common in several anxiety disorders, involves overestimating the likelihood and severity of negative outcomes, often leading to excessive worry and avoidance.
Catastrophizing
This type of thinking, associated with BPD, involves seeing people as "all good" or "all bad."
This term describes the way taumatic events can alter how the brain processes danger, leading to heightened reactivity in safe environments.
Hypervigilance (due to trauma-related neurobiological changes)
These are the three stages of relapse.
Emotional, Mental, and Physical
This European explorer's 1519 voyage led to the first circumnavigation of the globe, althought he did not survive the full journey.
Ferdinand Magellan
This type of symptom includes reduced emotional expression or lack of motivation.
Negative Symptoms
This form of therapy, considered a gold-standard treatment for OCD, involves gradually facing feared situations while resisting the urge to perform compulsions.
Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
Some atypical antipsychotic medications are used in bipolar disorder because they help manage this specific type of mood episode characterized by elevated energy and impulsivity.
Mania
In PTSD, heightened activity in this brain region contributes to exaggerated fear responses and difficulty interpreting threats accurately.
Amygdala
This principle of harm reduction emphasizes collaborating with individuals without requiring abstinence, recognizing that any positive changes can reduce negative consequences.
Meeting People "Where They're At"
This ancient Mesopotamian epic, one of the earliest known works of literature, follows a hero on a quest for immortality after the death of his companion.
Epic of Gilgamesh