Addictive Substances
This class of substance speeds up the central nervous system - the brain and the spinal cord.
What is Stimulants?
The disapproval of a person based on assumptions about them or a lack of information about certain characteristics or conditions.
What is Stigma?
The use of medications in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies.
What is Medication Assisted Treatment? Also know as MAT
A feeling of fear, dread, and uneasiness.
What is Anxiety?
A positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.
What is Happiness?
This substance is commonly known as marijuana.
What is Cannabis?
A process of improved physical, psychological, and social well-being and health after having suffered from a substance-related condition.
What is Recovery?
A program for substance use and mental health disorders meeting at least 3 days a week for several hours consisting of group therapy, life skills, support, and education.
What is Intensive Outpatient Treatment or IOP?
A racing heart or sweating, bad dreams, frightening thoughts, and timely spurts excessive spending can be symptoms of this disorder.
What is PTSD?
Emotional pain associated with, or characterized by, feelings of disadvantage, loss, despair, grief, helplessness, disappointment and sorrow.
What is Sadness?
These substances reduce pain and produce feelings of euphoria.
What is Opioids?
The practice of restraining oneself from indulging in something, typically a substance.
What is Sobriety/Being Clean?
A type of psychotherapeutic treatment that helps people learn how to identify and change the destructive thought patterns that have a negative influence on their behavior and emotions.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT?
A common mental health health disorder that involves low mood and a loss of interest in activities.
What is Depression?
An intense emotional state involving a strong uncomfortable and non-cooperative response to perceived provocation, hurt, or threat.
What is Anger?
Alcohol is in this category of substances.
What is Depressants?
The fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance, thing, or activity.
What is Addiction?
International programs supporting recovery from substance addictions, behavioral addictions and compulsions.
What are 12 Step Programs?
One of the most common mental health disorders affecting children with symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.
What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD?
A moral emotion that occurs when a person believes or realizes (accurately or not) that they have compromised their own moral standards of conduct.
What is Guilt?
Common types of this substance include, Peyote, LSD, and Ecstasy.
What is Hallucinogens?
A person, place, thing, or situation that elicits an intense or unexpected emotional response.
What is a Trigger?
Counseling addressing substance use patterns and concerns in an outpatient office setting.
What is Substance Use Counseling or Therapy?
An individual with this disorder tends to have a lack of consideration for social rules or laws which leads to actions that are exploitative, reckless, manipulative, and sometimes criminal. They often lack remorse for their actions or empathy for others.
What is Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASP)?
A conscious mental reaction subjectively experienced as strong feelings usually directed toward a specific object and typically accompanied by physiological and behavioral changes in the body.
What is Emotions?