COMORBIDITY: Addiction and Mental Health
When 2 disorders or illnesses occur in the same person simultaneously ore sequentially.
What is Comorbidity?
±Disorder of mood such as sadness, anxiety, guilt, worthlessness and inadequacy.
What is Depression?
Uncomfortable feelings of nervousness, worry, and tension.
What is Anxiety?
Persons diagnosed with drug disorders are roughly twice as likely to suffer also from what 2 disorders?
What are Mood and Anxiety disorders?
Lasts longer than 2 weeks or more and interferes with effective day-to-day functioning
°Mood
°Thinking
°Physical
Interactions with others
What is Major Depressive Disorder/Clinical Depression?
Thoughts, physical reactions, moods and behaviors
What are affects of anxiety?
Plays a role in specific patterns of observed comorbidities.
What is Gender?
Sadness, anxiety, guilt, worthlessness and inadequacy
What are symptoms of depression?
Panicky, frightened and prevent us from doing things
What are symptoms of anxiety?
Used to assess diagnosis.
What are diagnostic tools?
Genetics, hormones, and brain chemicals
What are biological factors that can contribute to Depression?
Exercise, reading, and talking to friends.
What are ways to reduce anxiety?
Medication and behavioral therapy
What are treatment options for comorbid mental health and substance use disorders?
Thinking, loss, sense of failure, and stress.
What are physiological factors that can contribute to Depression?
Main ways Anxiety can affect us?
What physical, thoughts, mood, and behavior?