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Mental Health DX
Treatment
Relapse Prevention
Coping Skills
Misc
100
Loss of joy, don't want to do anything, treated with medication such as Zoloft or Prozac. Made worse by using alcohol or Benzodiazapine.
What is Depression
100
People sit together and explore ways to recover from addiction and mental health symptoms and learn about their disease.
What is group therapy
100
the return to symptoms or use of substances after a period of abstinence or no symptoms.
What is relapse
100

Coping skills require this to be effective in your daily practice. 

What is practice

100
Admitted we were powerless over our addiction and that our lives had become unmanageable.
What is AA's first step
200
Cant hold still or focus, jitters, can't calm down. Treated with medications such as Valium or Librium. Made worse with use of meth.
What is Anxiety
200
You sit with your counselor and explore treatment options, goals, and methods.
What is 1:1 or individual therapy.
200
Person, place, thing, or emotion that can lead to use of substance.
What is a Trigger
200

Substance use, overeating, excessive sleep and excessive avoidance are examples of what?

Unhealthy coping skills

200
One of the founders of AA
Who is Bill Wilson?
300
Extreme high and low moods, out-of-control spending or sexual behavior. Can be treated with Lithium. Most street drugs make this worse.
What is Bipolar DO
300
Community-based self-help recovery meetings
What is AA, NA, DRA, SMART Recovery, Celebrate Recovery
300

Why should new relationships be avoided the first year of recovery?

- Relationship may take priority over recovery

-Ups and downs, stress, can lead to relapse

300
A type of skill that allows you to focus on something other than the symptom or craving
What is a distraction skill
300
When a person has both a mental health diagnosis and an a substance use disorder.
What is dual diagnosis
400
Disorganized thinking, auditory or visual hallucinations, delusional beliefs and paranoia . Can be treated with Risperidol or Zyprexa. Drug and/or alcohol use can exaggerate the symptoms.
What is Schizophrenia
400
A document that states a specific problem you want to work on, your goal for that problem, and what you are going to do to obtain that goal.
What is a treatment plan
400

You may experience Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS) for up to ___ years.

2

400
A type of skill that has you not going to places or being around people that use.
What is an avoidance skill
400
When a person uses non-prescribed medications, street drugs, or alcohol to alleviate mental health symptoms.
What is self-medication
500
Can not focus, racing thoughts, anxiety. Usually treated with Adderall or Ritalin. Some self-medicate with meth
What is ADHD/ADD
500

What percentage of Americans with a substance use disorder also have a mental health diagnosis

45%

500

The best known method for not relapsing.

ABSTINENCE

500

How does "deep breathing" positively effect you body when you have anxiety or racing thoughts? 

Deep breathing sends oxygen to our blood which sends a signal to our brain to reduce "fight or flight response."

500

Our beliefs that people hold about themselves and contribute to negative self-talk.

Core beliefs