Anxiety
Anxiety that is specific to public speaking/performance or being judged by others.
What is Social Anxiety Disorder?
The mental health disorder often characterized by persistent sadness, loss of interest, and fatigue.
What is depression?
PTSD stands for.
What is post-traumatic stress disorder?
True or false, you must use ALL coping skills taught in groups in order to maintain adequate mental health and sobriety
What is False?
Name one reason people relapse.
What is:
Excessive worry or anxiety about a number of activities, occurring more days that not for at least 6 months.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
Disorder where an individual experiences cycles of manic and depressive episodes.
What is Bipolar
Name two symptoms of PTSD.
Flashbacks, nightmares, hypervigilance, exaggerated startle response...
DAILY DOUBLE!
This is a potential complication when using alcohol or drugs while taking antidepressants or mood stabilizers.
What is decreased medication effectiveness?
This type of drug is often abused to self-medicate symptoms of mental health issues, such as anxiety or depression.
What is marijuana?
Marked fear or anxiety about a specific object or situation, such as an animal, heights or blood.
What is a phobia?
A distinct period of abnormally and persistently elevated or irritable mood and abnormally and persistently increased goal-directed activity or energy, lasting at least a week.
What is a manic episode?
Hormone that is active in fight or flight response.
What is cortisol?
What are 3 mindful coping skills you can do anywhere?
Deep breathing, urge surfing, grounding techniques, 5-4-3-2-1
The condition of using alcohol or drugs to cope with emotions, pain, or difficult situations.
What is self-medication?
Involves having panic attacks and fear/avoidance of things that could trigger a panic attack
What is Panic Disorder?
This relatively rare condition where individuals are bothered by recurrent, persistent, and involuntary thoughts, images or ideas that are perceived as unpleasant or repugnant.
What is OCD, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?
The time frame symptoms need to be present in order to diagnosis PTSD.
What is six months?
Substance use, overeating, excessive sleep and excessive avoidance are examples of what?
What are unhealthy coping skills?
Due to risk of seizures or death, if withdrawaling from these 2 substances it is best to seek inpatient treatment/detox
What is Alcohol and Benzodiazapines
Almost all types of treatment for anxiety involve this (not CBT).
What is exposure to triggers of anxiety?
Your doctor may rule out depression if one of these conditions are present.
What are hypothyroid, lyme disease, and vitamin D or other vitamin deficiencies?
Screen that looks at how many difficult events people lived through as kids.
What is the Adverse Childhood Experience screen (ACEs)?
This is a common first step in addressing dual diagnoses.
What is seeking professional help or treatment?
What is a way someone can sabotage their treatment?
Not going to groups, dishonesty, minimizing relapses, not taking meds, intellectualizing, "doing it your way", avoid meetings, becoming complacent (etc.)