Depression
__________ causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest in things and activities you once enjoyed. It can also cause difficulty with thinking, memory, eating and sleeping.
Depression
Katy Perry, Leonardo Dicaprio, and Justin Timberlake all struggle with this mental health diagnosis.
OCD
Over time, the brain adjusts to the excess dopamine, which reduces the high that the person feels compared to the high they felt when first taking the drug, this is know as _________.
Tolerance
Name 3 serious life-threatening side effects of using benzodiazapines (anti-anxiety medications) long-term.
Drowsiness, slowed breathing, and amnesia.
Maria Carey, Mel Gibson, and Winston Churchill all struggle with this mental health diagnosis.
Bipolar Disorder
_________ therapy is a psychological treatment that helps people face their fears by gradually exposing them to the things, situations, or activities that cause them distress.
Exposure Therapy
Name 3 common types of coping skills.
Deep Breathing, Meditating/Prayer, Grounding in the Present, Exercise, and Reaching out to Support
This is a condition can occur in a person who was exposed to alcohol before birth. Symptoms include: abnormal facial features, speech and language delays, and problems with heart, kidneys and bones.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FASD)
Most available antidepressants work on this chemical in the brain to help emotional processing and behavior.
Serotonin
Anxiety amplifies signals from our environment and our body to make them appear more threatening than they are in reality. These errors in perception are called ________________.
Cognitive Distortions
______________ are depressants that produce sedation and hypnosis, relieve anxiety and muscle spasms, and reduce seizures.
Benzodiazepines
What happens when you administer Naloxone (Narcan) to someone who does NOT have opioids in their system?
Nothing
It is common for a person to feel down for 3–5 days following childbirth, how long must these feelings of sadness or emptiness last in order to be considered a sign of postpartum depression?
2 weeks
What can one do to help calm a panic attack?
Breathing deeply and slowly, grounding/distracting yourself, move to a quiet space
Name 3 common signs that relapse has already begun (not including actually using)?
Lying, defensiveness, social problems with family and friends, isolation, and self-neglect.
What are the 3 main thinking errors that anxiety creates for people?
Catastrophzing error, Probability error, and resource error
Name 3 symptoms of depression.
Weight loss or loss of appetite, Insomnia, Inattention, and fatigue or low energy, anhedonia, guilt, grief, psychomotor retardation, hopelessness, thoughts of suicide or death.
_________ behavior is responsible for causing some the most serious negative impacts people with anxiety experience.
Avoidance
What is the difference between "detox" and "recovery"?
Detox is the process of letting the body remove the drugs in it and safely managing withdrawal symptoms with medication. Recovery is the process of behavior change characterized by improvements in biological, psychological, and social functioning and purpose in life.
An intense, irrational, and persistent fear of a specific object, situation, or activity is known as a ______.
Phobia