Brain Function
These are the chemical messengers of the body that carry electrical signals from one brain cell to another.
What is a neurotransmitter?
This type of therapy focuses on changing unhelpful thinking patterns and challenging negative beliefs in order to change behavior.
What is cognitive behavioral therapy?
This disorder is characterized by "persistent and excessive worry that interferes with daily activities...and may be accompanied by physical symptoms such as restlessness, feeling on edge or easily fatigued, difficulty concentrating, muscle tension, or problems sleeping" (APA).
What is generalized anxiety disorder?
This medication is FDA approved for the treatment of alcohol use disorder and opioid use disorder. The medication "blocks the euphoric and sedative effects of opioids." It also blocks the effects and feelings of alcohol, therefore reducing cravings and limiting consumption.
What is Naltrexone?
A neurotransmitter that is involved in the body's reward system. This neurotransmitter also contributes to our ability to focus, our memory, our mood, and motivation.
What is dopamine?
This type of therapy includes four skill-based modules that target intense emotions and interpersonal relationships.
What is dialectical behavioral therapy?
This is brain disorder characterized by symptoms such as "delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, trouble with thinking and lack of motivation" (APA).
What is schizophrenia?
This medication is used to reverse an opioid overdose.
What is naloxone?
An inhibitory neurotransmitter that helps regulate our mood, sleep patterns, sexuality, anxiety, appetite, and pain.
What is serotonin?
This type of therapy involves "recalling a specific troublesome experience while following a side-to-side visual stimulus delivered by the therapist."
What is Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing?
This mood disorder causes "a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest." Other symptoms include feelings of worthlessness or guilt, slowed thinking, reduced appetite, and tiredness.
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
This legal substance has "addictive properties similar in severity to those of heroin" and can be very detrimental to the body in the long term.
What is nicotine?
Another word for the neurotransmitter epinephrine.
What is adrenaline?
This category of therapy includes art therapy, music therapy, equine therapy, and play therapy.
What is experiential therapy?
What is borderline personality disorder?
These are the five survival defenses.
What are fight, flight, freeze, attach, submit?
This chemical can act as both a neurotransmitter and a hormone, and is one of the main players in the "flight or fight" response to stress.
What is norepinephrine?
This treatment technique involves using "a magnetic field to influence brain activity," and has shown promising responses in people with depression, among other disorders.
This mental health condition "causes unusual shifts in a person's mood, energy, activity levels, and concentration." Symptoms include "periods of unusually intense emotion and changes in sleep patterns and activity levels, and engage in behaviors that are out of character for them." Mood episodes may last days to weeks.
What is bipolar disorder?
This term describes potentially traumatic events that occur during childhood, including neglect, violence, and abuse at home.
What are adverse childhood experiences? (ACES)