Drugs
True or False: Using over-the-counter (OTC) or prescription drugs to get high are safer than alcohol or illegal drugs.
FALSE
Name a well-known support group associated with alcoholism?
AA (Alcoholic’s Anonymous)
Who could you talk to about your feelings of depression/addiction?
FAMILY, CLOSE FRIEND, COUNSELOR, SOCIAL WORKER, SPONSOR, DOCTOR, THERAPIST, TEACHER, ETC.
What are some of the tools you use to help with your mental health?
:)
What gets wetter the more it dries?
A towel
This is the most addictive and widely used drug in the world today.
Caffeine
A strong desire to consume a particular substance is a ____?
CRAVING
What are 2 ways of improving your self-esteem?
LEARNING NEW SKILL, NEW INTERESTS/ACTIVITIES, WRITING, SAYING GOOD THINGS ABOUT YOURSELF, ETC.
What are some of your tool that you use to help when you have a craving?
:)
What can you catch, but not throw?
A cold
Give the name of one antidepressant.
Answers: PROZAN, ZOLOFT, PAXIL, CELEXA, LEXAPRO, LUVOX, EFFEXOR, CYMBALTA, WELLBUTRIN, ELAVIL, LIMBITROL, NORPRAMIN, SINEQUAN, TOFRANIL, PAMELOR, AVENTYL, VIVACTIL, NARDIL, MARPLAN, or PARNATE.
When a person gradually needs a larger dose of a drug to feel the same effect, it is called ____.
INCREASED TOLERANCE
What are benefits of having good coping skills?
ABILITY TO DECREASE SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION OR CRAVINGS, BETTER MANAGEMENT OF EMOTIONS, A BETTER MOOD, OR HIGHER SELF-ESTEEM, ETC.
This holds all of your calm down materials.
Coping Toolbox/Tool kit
What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
A stamp
What do antidepressants attempt to fix?
THEY TRY TO CORRECT THE IMBALANCES IN NEUROTRANSMITTERS
A primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry is referred to as ____.
ADDICTION
How can creating artwork be used as a coping skill?
Art can be used as a way to express your emotions/feelings.
The poses and stretches of this exercise promote calm and meditation
Yoga
I have holes in my top, bottom, left, right, and middle but I can still hold water. What am I?
A sponge
How long does it take for antidepressants to start having an effect?
2-4 WEEKS.
How many adults in the U.S. have an addiction?
23.5 MILLION AMERICAN ADULTS – 10% OF POPULATION
Phrases you can say to yourself to help you get through distressing situations?
affirmations or positive self-talk
A practice of serious thought about one's character, actions, and motives, which allows us to acknowledge what choices were good, which were bad, and how we can improve ourselves.
Self-reflection
What kind of band never plays music?
A rubber band