Mental Health Disorders
This disorder is characterized by persistent sadness, loss of interest, and changes in sleep or appetite.
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
A grounding technique that uses your five senses to calm anxiety.
What is the 5-4-3-2-1 technique?
Alcohol belongs to this class of drugs.
What are depressants?
In this stage, a person does not yet see their behavior as a problem.
What is Precontemplation?
“Just for ______.”
What is Today?
This disorder includes excessive worry occurring more days than not for at least 6 months.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
Racing heart, sweating, trembling, and fear of losing control are symptoms of what?
What is a panic attack?
Cocaine and methamphetamine are in this category.
What are stimulants?
In this stage, a person is ambivalent and considering change.
What is Contemplation?
“Take it one ______ at a time.”
What is Day?
This disorder includes intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviors (compulsions).
What is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?
Name one symptom of withdrawal from alcohol use disorder.
What is tremors, sweating, nausea, anxiety, seizures, etc.?
Heroin and prescription pain medications like oxycodone are in this class.
What are opioids?
This stage involves making small steps toward change.
What is Preparation?
Step 1 begins with admitting this.
What is powerlessness over addiction/alcohol?
This disorder may develop after exposure to trauma and includes flashbacks and hypervigilance.
What is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
This coping skill involves identifying irrational thoughts and replacing them with realistic ones.
What is cognitive restructuring?
LSD and psilocybin fall into this category.
What are hallucinogens?
This stage involves actively modifying behavior.
What is Action?
This Step involves being willing to make amends.
What is Step 8?
This mood disorder includes episodes of mania and depression.
What is Bipolar Disorder?
This DBT skill encourages tolerating distress without making the situation worse.
What is distress tolerance?
Benzodiazepines such as Xanax and Valium are classified as what?
What are sedative-hypnotics?
This stage focuses on sustaining change long-term.
What is Maintenance?
This Step if often referred as the "Confession" Step and involves sharing the personal inventory.
What is Step 5?