Depression and Anxiety
Feelings of Worthlessness, Deminished Interest, and depressed Moods
The diagnosis with more intense and longer-lasting manic episodes than depressive episodes.
What is Bipolar I?
The diagnosis that has the symptoms of schizophrenia, with the additional mood component.
What is Schizoaffective disorder
Meeting one-on-one with a licensed therapist, at least once a week.
What is individual therapy?
Calling a sober friend, going to AA, NA, or CA, or contacting a hotline.
Mindfulness, journaling, and breathing exercises
What are effective coping skills?
Diminished interest or pleasure, depressed mood, and inappropriate guilt are some of these.
What are symptoms of Bipolar II
Seeing, hearing, feeling, or smelling things that are not actually there.
What are hallucinations?
Getting support on completing documentation, applying for jobs, or having someone set up appointments for the client.
What is Case Management / CBRS?
When a client who has been sober for an extended period of time uses substances due to triggers, stressors, boredom, etc.
Trembling or shaking, feeling dizzy, or pounding heart
The diagnosis that is commonly overlooked for and mistaken as major depressive disorder.
What is Bipolar II?
Feeling little or no pleasure from activities that used to be enjoyable.
What is Loss of Pleasure (Absent Symptom)?
Bonus question: Is this an absent or present symptom?
Meeting together with other clients in a setting that allows for open conversation, while still maintaining confidentiality to the participants best ability.
What is group therapy?
Fights, feeling bad, and social pressure
What are high-risk situations that can cause relapse?
Major Loss, stress, and a lack of support
What are the environmental impacts of depression?
Stress, drug use, poor diet, and sleeping habits.
What are the environmental risk factors that can develop bipolar disorder?
The use of substances to increase desired effects, potentially directly coorilating with the symptoms of the client's mental health issues?
What is self-medicating with substances?
The presence of mental health issues and substance abuse versus the presence of two or more mental health diagnoses unrelated to substance use.
What is the difference between co-occuring and co-morbity?
When a client who has been doing well with their mental health suddenly is triggered by a stressful life situation and fails to succesfully use their coping skills.
What is a Mental Illness Relapse?
Avoiding reminders of the trauma or situations associated with the trauma are signs of someone suffering from this diagnosis
What is PTSD?
Euphoric mood, inflated Self-esteem, and racing thoughts are some of these.
What are the symptoms of Bipolar I?
Schizoaffective disorder has four categories: Present symptoms, absent symptoms, depression, and mania. While schizophrenia disorder only has three categories: Present, absent, and other symptoms.
What is the difference between schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder?
Addressing a clients traumatic expierences through observation of eye movement and a series of physical responses.
What is EMDR?
At the beginning of sobriety, at each phase-up, and then every six months once finsihed with the MHC program.
How often should someone review/update their relapse prevention packet?