Mental Illness
This mental health disorder is characterized by extreme mood swings, including periods of mania and depression.
Bipolar Disorder
The rates of heart disease, stroke, HIV, Hepatitis, and mental disorders move in this direction when addiction is also present.
Increase, go up, or get worse
False beliefs that are not based in reality are known as this.
Delusions
This is the practice of regularly taking time to focus on your own physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
Self-Care
This former NFL wide receiver and 2012 Pro Bowl MVP has been vocal about his diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder and Bipolar Disorder.
Brandon Marshall
Someone who is experiencing this may seem “amped up” and become more likely to engage in risky behaviors. It can be characterized by a feeling of high energy, pressure, anxiety, and intensity.
Mania
This brain chemical is closely linked to the mind's reward system and is commonly associated with pleasure and reinforcement.
Dopamine
Visual, auditory, tactile, somatic, and olfactory are all examples of this.
Hallucinations
This approach to maintaining recovery involves identifying triggers and warning signs and then developing specific coping strategies to avoid a return to negative behaviors.
Relapse Prevention
Despite being one of the most well-known and well-respected US historical figures, this 16th president of the US was known to struggle with a mood disorder
Abraham Lincoln
What does the acronym PTSD stand for?
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Takes more and more to get same high is know as this.
Tolerance
True or false:
A reduced or lack of ability to function normally, such as not paying attention to personal hygiene is also known as a Positive Symptom.
False.
What is the difference between positive symptoms and negative symptoms of Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective disorder?
This skills-based form of treatment used in substance use and mental health recovery focuses on identifying and changing thinking patterns to help change feelings and negative behaviors (Hint: also known as CBT?)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Australian born actor unexpectedly passed away in January of 2008 after overdosing on pain medications. Diagnosed with depression, anxiety, and insomnia. He put the smile in Batman: The Dark Knight.
Heath Ledger
Someone who is experiencing this may lose interest in things they previously enjoyed and withdraw from normal life activities.
Depression
Addiction can be defined as this:
A) The continual use of drugs or alcohol despite harmful consequences
B) The amount a person drinks
C) Having fun
D) A problem that is incurable
A) The continual use of drugs or alcohol despite harmful consequences
Believing the CIA is after you is an example of this kind of delusion.
Paranoid/Persecution
The practice of paying attention to the present moment with awareness and without judgment, enhancing mental clarity, emotional regulation, and overall well-being is known as this.
Mindfulness
Former Champion boxer. Considered the greatest of all time and suspected of having a personality disorder. Diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1984 at the age of 42.
Muhammed Ali
This is the term for a sudden, intense, and overwhelming episode of fear or discomfort, often accompanied by physical symptoms like a racing heart, shortness of breath, and sweating.
Panic Attack
Whatever the substance is, once addiction to that substance occurs for long enough this important organ drastically changes the way it functions.
Brain
Flight of ideas, thought blocking, word salad, and loose associations are examples of which psychosis symptom?
A) Hallucinations
B) Disorganized Speech
C) Cognitive Symptoms
D) Delusions
B) Disorganized Speech
The ability to accept situations as they are, even when they’re uncomfortable or painful is known as...
Radical Acceptance
Perhaps the most well know composer in history, this famous music writer supposedly suffered with bipolar disorder in addition to going deaf.
Beethoven