Mental Health and Substance Abuse
The following are _________ Factors Affecting Mental Health & Substance Use: • Exposure to toxins in the environment like lead in lead paint • Nutrition and health while growing up • Where people live, work, or go to school • Familial and social relationships
What is Environmental For an extra five points name 3 enviornmental factors that increase issues with your mental health and substance use.
You develop this to help you from having a relapse and have a plan in place for when you have cravings and triggers to use or notice early warning signs of mental health relapse.
What is relapse prevention plan
You must have this to be diagnosed with bipolar 1 disorder
What is Mania?
_______________ is what people experience who have a huge burst of energy and activity and appear impulsive, agitated, or irritated.
What is mania
having an _________ puts one at higher risk for worsening mental illness symptoms.
What is addiction
The main purpose of this individual is to help you understand and work the Steps
Who is your sponsor?
Examples of _______ Factors Affecting Mental Health & Substance Use: • Some people may inherit a tendency to become more anxious than most people do, putting them at greater risk for developing anxiety-related mental health problems.
What is biological.
Another name for old patterns of use and cues for using
What is triggers
__________ is a psychiatric disorder in which a person experiences a very low or _______ mood. At the same time the person may also experience changes in other areas such as sleep and appetite.
What is depression/depressed
Name three medications used to treat alcoholism.
What are Antabuse, Acamprosate, and Naltrexone
Drug _______, refers to a maladaptive pattern of use of a substance that is not considered dependent
What is abuse
This is the official name of NA's "Blue" book.
What is the Basic Text?
When people cannot adapt to _______, they become more prone to developing, or making worse, substance use or mental health difficulties, particularly if they are also at risk biologically.
What is stress
A relapse is usually the end result of a whole chain of bad decisions. One of the best ways to keep from making these bad decisions is through knowing which _________ tell them that they are heading toward relapse.
What is early warning signs
_______ disorder is a medical condition in which people have mood swings that are out of proportion to things going on in their lives. These mood swings affect a person’s thoughts, feelings, physical health, behavior, and functioning.
What is bipolar
When an individual persists in compulsive and repetitive use of alcohol or other drugs despite problems related to use of the substance, substance __________ may be diagnosed.
What is dependence
This part of the AA Big Book describes the phenomenon of craving and the allergy of the body
What is the Doctor's Opinion?
While risk factors make people more prone to experiencing substance use and mental health issues, _________ factors can help prevent or lessen substance use or mental health issues.
What is protective
These help you manage cravings, triggers, stress, anger, anxiety, depression (things you do to calm down and not use and I ask you about them every week at check in)
What is coping skills
_______ is a normal part of life and only becomes a problem when it reaches levels that interfere with people’s daily lives. Chronic _____ can have harmful effects on the body, on emotional health, and on the ability to think clearly.
What is anxiety
Co-occurring disorders are biopsychosocial in nature, so treatment should focus on your _______, _________, __________, and your _________ health
What is physical, medical, psychological, and social
___________ can refer to any sort of separation, but is most commonly used to describe the group of symptoms that occurs upon the abrupt discontinuation/separation or a decrease in dosage of the intake of medications, recreational drugs, and alcohol.
What is withdrawal
These will presumably come true after completing the 9th step in a 12 step program
What are the Promises?
People who are experiencing mental health difficulties sometimes by _________ with drugs or alcohol.
What is self-medication/medicating
_______ _______ can help build a positive social network of people who may have or are experiencing the same struggles and difficulties you are.
What is support groups
This disorder is one of, possibly the most stigmatized mental health conditions. The APA has even considered changing the name of this disorder to reduce stigma and discrimination for individuals diagnosed with this disorder.
What is schizophrenia
_______ ______ is the main way that treatment for co-occurring disorders is provided.
What is group therapy
A ______-_____ ______ is any chemical, substance, or medication that changes a person’s mood. (3 words)
What is mood-altering drug
In the 11th step, we seek to improve our conscious contact with our Higher Power through these two activities
What are prayer and meditation?