Key Terms
What is a trigger?
A person, place, emotion, thought, or situation that increases the desire to use substances.
What is intoxication?
This condition occurs while alcohol or another drug is actively affecting a person’s behavior and functioning.
What is depression?
Persistent sadness, hopelessness, and loss of interest may be signs of this condition.
What is a support system?
Calling a sponsor, counselor, peer, or trusted family member is an example of using this.
Who is the prescribing or medical provider?
Before stopping or changing prescribed medication, a client should contact this person.
What is a craving?
A strong physical or psychological desire to use alcohol or another drug.
What is withdrawal?
Shaking, sweating, anxiety, irritability, and sleep problems may occur during this process.
What is anxiety?
Excessive fear, racing thoughts, tension, and constant worry may be signs of this condition.
What are healthy coping skills?
Deep breathing, exercise, journaling, and grounding are examples of these.
What is grounding, deep breathing, delaying, or contacting support?
A client experiences a craving after an argument. Name an immediate skill that could safely reduce the intensity of the craving.
What is masking?
When substance use temporarily hides an underlying mental-health symptom.
What is a blackout?
A person remains awake during an event but cannot remember it afterward.
What is a hallucination?
Seeing or hearing something other people do not perceive is called this.
What is isolation?
Separating from supportive people and spending increasing amounts of time alone may be this type of relapse warning sign.
What is notify treatment or medical staff immediately?
A client has not slept for several nights and is becoming increasingly paranoid. The safest response is to do this.
What is mimicking?
When intoxication or withdrawal produces symptoms resembling a mental-health disorder.
What is delirium?
This serious condition can involve sudden confusion, disorientation, poor attention, and changes in awareness.
What is a delusion?
A strongly held false belief that continues despite evidence against it is called this.
What is the relapse process?
Trigger, thought, craving, decision, and substance use are possible stages in this process.
What is immediate emergency medical attention?
A client stops heavy alcohol use, begins shaking, becomes confused, and reports seeing things. This situation requires this level of response.
What are co-occurring disorders?
The presence of both a substance use disorder and a mental-health disorder in the same person.
What are sedatives or benzodiazepines?
The two substance categories commonly associated with potentially life-threatening withdrawal are alcohol and this type of medication
What is psychosis?
Hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, and disorganized thinking may be symptoms of this condition.
What is use the relapse-prevention plan and contact support?
A client feels anxious, thinks “I cannot handle this,” isolates, and begins contacting people connected to previous substance use. The best immediate recovery response is to do this.
What is initiate the program’s emergency safety protocol and obtain immediate crisis intervention?
A client reports having suicidal thoughts, a specific plan, and access to the intended method. The facilitator must take this action.