Central Nervous System Depressants and Stimulants
What classification of drug is Alcohol?
What is a Depressant?
Alcohol can depress the central nervous system so much that it results in impairment such as slurred speech, unsteady movement, disturbed perceptions, and an inability to react quickly.
True or False: an individual's mental health status, genetic disposition, and frequency of use can influence if that person develops a substance use disorder.
True
This limits your ability to breathe properly by causing damage to your lungs
What is smoking?
This type of therapy helps to develop mindfulness, control intense emotions, and reduce self-destructive behaviors
What is Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)?
These are drugs that tend to speed up the Central Nervous System.
What are stimulants?
True or False: somebody must hit rock bottom to enter recovery. Explain your reasoning
False
When someone who is addicted to drugs stops taking that drug they experience symptoms such as vomiting, anxiety, restlessness, muscle spasms, etc., which is called...
What is withdrawal?
The co-existence of a substance use disorder and a mental illness in the same person is called a…
What is a Co-occurring disorder? (comorbidity, or dual diagnosis)
What are the two most widely used stimulants?
Hint: Not all substances or drugs are "illegal".
What are Caffeine and Nicotine?
True or False
Prescription drugs are by definition never abused.
What is False?
Caffeine is considered a...
What is a stimulant?
Sometimes, addiction can be directly linked to deeply distressing experiences that occurred earlier in life known as…
What is Trauma?
Which illegal stimulant causes the most deaths in America?
What is Cocaine
True or False: People with addiction need tough love. Helping them enables drug use. Explain your reasoning.
False: Showing love and support are never bad things. Boundaries and self-care are important, but lifesaving interventions should never be denied out of an impulse to teach someone a lesson. Not only is it cruel, but it’s ineffective. Addiction is an illness.
This drug can increase depression, anxiety, paranoia, and might cause psychosis
What is Cannabis?
What are the two most common support groups that someone in recovery may join?
What is Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
This dissociative drug has effects such as distortion of reality and feelings of detachment from body and environment.
Hint: is usually known by this 3 letter name.
What is PCP?
Nickel, lead, chromium, aluminum, and tin are found in what commonly used substance?
What is Vaping?
This develops when more of a substance is needed to get the same effect.
What is Tolerance?
What is the difference between substance abuse and substance dependency?
Abuse: A pattern of drug abuse that often leads to negative outcomes and introduces potentially dangerous or life-threatening situations.
Dependency: A physical or mental reliance on drugs or alcohol. People who are dependent on substances often cannot stop using despite negative consequences.