Part I
Treatment professionals will conduct assessments that examine what 3 areas?
biological, psychological, and social
What is group therapy?
The main way that treatment for co-occurring disorders is provided, each group typically has a theme or issue, such as medications or trust, and you learn to express your feelings and thoughts in healthy ways and to communicate and listen to others.
What can medications for treatment be used for?
to reduce drug hunger, reduce drug cravings, block the effects of illicit substances, make people sick if they drink alcohol, and provide a little extra help to not drink alcohol or use other drugs.
What are Medical Assessments?
They take place early in treatment to determine whether there is a medical problem that needs attention through the use of physical exams, a drug history, or various laboratory tests.
Which letter of the alphabet has the most water?
The “C.”
Different components or services that make up the treatment process including: addiction treatment, assessments, continuing care, counseling, drug testing, group therapy, health education, intake, life skills counseling, medical treatment, medications, mental health treatment, peer support groups, relapse prevention, social and recreational activities
What is Individual Therapy?
An opportunity for you to work on emotional or other issues in a more intense and personal way than can be done in group therapy.
What do detoxification medications help people do?
Reduce substance levels carefully and safely, avoid abrupt "cold-turkey" withdrawal experiences, avoid withdrawal-related medical problems, such as seizures, transition from using substances to a substance-free state, and stabilize medically to promote participation in treatment.
What are the goals of mental health assessments?
The immediate goal is to identify and treat any mental health emergencies (such as feeling suicidal) and the secondary goal is to identify and plan to treat your overall mental health problems, such as anxiety or depression, a psychotic disorder, or post-traumatic stress disorder.
I’m a well-established band, but I’ve never played a note. What am I?
A rubber band
What does the intake process include?
Typically they conduct a brief addiction screening and perhaps a brief mental health screening, followed by several assessments, and a review of the treatment program, treatment process, and your rights and responsibilities.
What are Education Groups?
Where you learn about your substance use disorder, your mental health disorder, the ways in which alcohol or other drugs affect your brain and behavior, relapse prevention, social and family issues, stress management, self-help, and general health.
What medications are used for alcoholism?
Antabuse
Naltrexone
Acamprosate
How can family assessments help the therapist?
They help the therapists understand ways in which your family can help in your treatment and recovery process, and to determine how much your family understands addiction and mental health issues, treatment, and recovery.
I am always hungry and need to be fed, but whatever I touch will soon turn red. What am I?
Fire
What are the several kinds of assessments?
Medical, Mental Health, Family, Psychosocial, Legal, Vocational, and etc.
What is continuing care or aftercare?
The final phase of treatment, a time of transition from treatment to recovery.
What medications are used for opioid addiction?
Buprenorphine
Methadone
What are psychosocial assessments?
Involves an interview with a series of questions designed to better understand your general psychological functioning, your social resources, and you psychological and social stressors.
The person who makes it has no need for it; the person who buys it has no use for it. The person who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
A coffin
What does a master treatment plan entail?
They describe the specific treatment needs and identify specific objectives, or milestones, to help meet those needs, and it describes how those objectives will be met and an estimated time line for meeting them.
What are the 7 main types of Treatment Services?
Group therapy, individual therapy, education groups, twelve step groups, family therapy, relapse prevention, and continuing care/aftercare.
Are medications essential for recovery?
Practicing abstinence, attending therapy sessions and support meetings, and taking prescribed medications are all essential to your recovery.
What are additional assessments?
They depend on the person's situation and the type of program, things like legal and vocational assessments.
Different lights make me strange, thus into different sizes I will change. What am I?
I am the pupil of the eye